HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT (311)

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a. This paper consists of THREE sections A,B AND C

a. Answer ALL QUESTIONS.
a. Answers to all the questions must be written legibly in the answer booklet provided.
Candidates should answer the questions in English

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A 25 MARKS

B 60 MARKS

C 15 MARKS

TOTAL 100 MARKS

SECTION A (25 MARKS)

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 1. Define the term linguistics (1 mark)
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2. Identify two areas of study under Economic branch of History (2 marks)

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3. Give two custodians of oral traditions (2 marks)

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4. State two ways in which Homo Erectus attempted to improve his life during the stone age period (2
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5. Give two disadvantages of using caves as shelters by the early human beings during the stone age
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6. Identify two Types of dwellings used by the early man during the Stone Age period (2 marks)
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7. Give two disadvantages of hunting by the early man (2 marks)

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 8. State two reasons why early agriculture developed along the rivers (2 marks)
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9. Identify two early forms of writing that developed in Mesopotamia and Egypt as a result of Agriculture
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10. Give two Kenyan communities that belong to the Eastern Cushites (2 marks)
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11. Identify two cultural practices that the Bantu acquired from the Cushites (2 marks)
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12. State two functions of Kambi among the Mijikenda during the colonial period (2 marks)
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13. Give two functions of warriors among Kenyan societies in the 19th Century (2 marks)
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14. State five economic activities of the Maasai during the 19th Century (5 marks)
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b) Describe the social organization of the Maasai during the pre-colonial period (10 marks)
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15. State three reasons that led to the decline of the participation of Akamba in long distance trade in
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 b) Explain six results of the long distance trade in East Africa (12 marks)
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16 a) State three factors that favoured the development of a local trade (3 marks)
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b) Describe the organization of Trans- Saharan trade (12 marks

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17 a.)Give three earliest forms of water transport (3 marks)

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b.)Explain six ways in which the development of railway transport speeded up industrialization in
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18 State three values of a Good citizen (3
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19 Identify two symbols of National Unity in Kenya (2 marks)

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20 Give five circumstances under which right to freedom of movement and residence may be limited
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21 State five ways in which Education promotes national unity (5 marks)

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