SECTION A 25 MKS: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THE ANSWER SHEET
PROVIDED
1. Identify one early written source of information in the study of history and government. (1mk)
2. Give one reason for the study of government in the syllabus. (1mk)
3. Identify the place whether remains of Dryopithecus Africanus were discovered in 1948 (1mk)
4. Title of the tools made by the new stone age man? (1 mark
5. Identify the institution that was used to solve disputes among the Ameru in the pre-colonial period(1 Mk)
6. Give the main reason why the Mijikenda lived in Kayas. (1 mark)
7. Name one community in Kenya which belongs to the Eastern Cushites. (1 mark)
8. State two administrative reasons that led to the decline of the Portuguese rule in the 19th c. (2 mks)
1 9. Name two Arabs merchants who provided information about the East Coast of Africa up to 1500 AD. (2 mks)
10. State one reason why the age set system was important among the Kenyan communities in the pre-colonial period. (1 mark)
11. State two duties of the Orkoiyot among the Nandi during pre colonial period (2 mks)
12. Give the main reason why the rulers of Malindi welcomed the Portuguese in the 16th c (1mark)
13. Give one reason which led to the decline of Gedi during the 15th century. (1mark)
14. Give two factors which influenced Seyyid Said to develop agriculture in Zanzibar in the 19thC. (2 mks)
15. Main reason why early agriculture developed in Egypt.
(1mk)
16. Give one natural cause of frequent food shortage in Africa
(1mk)
17. Name two sub-tribes of the Abaluhya of Western Kenya.
(2 mks)
2 SECTION B: 45 MARKS: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION 18a Give THREE ways in which anthropology contributes to information on History and Government (3mks)
18b Describe the culture of man during the Old Stone Age period. (12 marks
19a. State five factors that led to the development of early agriculture in Mesopotamia. ( 5mks)
3 19b. What was the impact of the Agrarian Revolution in Britain? (10mks)
20a Give five reasons why early people domesticated crops and animals. (5mks)
20b Give five causes of food shortages in Africa today. (10mks )
4 SECTION C: 30 MARKS ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION 21a. Give three reasons for the migration of the Kenya communities at the beginning of the 19th c. (3 mks)
21b. Explain six effects of the migration and settlement of the highland Nilotes in Kenya. (12 mks)
22a. State any five factors that contributed to the development of the international trade in the 19 thC (5mks)
22b. Explain the effects of Portuguese rule along the Kenyan Coast at the end of the 19thC (10mks)
