RUSUNUNGUKO HIGH SCHOOL

Mid Year Examinations 2017

History Paper 1 9155/1

European History 1789-1964 Time 3 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer FOUR questions from the two sections

Write your answers on the separate answer sheets provided

You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.

SECTION A

1. To what extent was the nobility in France responsible for the failure of moderate
reform up to 1793 ?
2. How important was the part played by the Third Estate in the French Revolution up
to 1793?
3. “A blessing and a Curse at the same time” discuss this view of the reign of terror in
revolutionary France.
4. How far did Napoleon Bonaparte consolidate the gains of the revolution within
France?
5. “Provocative and Aggressive” is this a fair comment on Napoleon 1’s foreign policy
between 1803-1813?

SECTION B

6. Whose interests were best served by the Congress System in period 1815-1825?
7. Compare and Contrast the reign of Louis XVIII and Charles X.
8. “A despotic and Liberal Reform” How accurate is this description of Napoleon’s
rule?
9. “Constantly preoccupied with Prussian interests” How far does this comment explain
Bismarck’s policies up to 1870?
 RUSUNUNGUKO HIGH SCHOOL

Mid Year Examinations 2017

History Paper 5 9155/5

ZIMBABWEAN HISTORY 1789-1964 Time 3 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Answer FOUR questions from the two sections

Write your answers on the separate answer sheets provided

You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.

SECTION A

1. To what extent can written sources recover Zimbabwean pre- colonial history?
2. Examine the theories on the movement of the Bantu into the Zimbabwean plateau up
to 1100 AD.
3. With reference to the San, estimate the extent to which the present Zimbabwean
societies have benefited from the San’s way of life.
4. How far was the economy of Great Zimbabwe based mainly on long distance trade?

SECTION B

5. Account for the rise of the Mutapa state.

6. “The Ndebele – Shona relations were far from being cordial” How valid is this
assertion in relation to the Ndebele Shona relations?
7. “The power of the Rozvi Mambos has oftenly been exaggerated” How accurate is this
verdict.
8. To what extent can Cecil John Rhodes be held responsible for the colonisation e is
this viesw? of Zimbabwe?