FORM ONE END YEAR EXAMINATION

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

Answer all question in section A, any 3 in section B, and any 2 in section C

SECTION A

1. Name two archaeological sites found in Kenya (2mks)

2. State two ways of becoming a Kenyan citizen.(2mks)

3. Name two towns that developed during Indian ocean trade. (2mks)

4. Give two reasons that led to the development of agriculture(2mks)

om
.c
5. Identify one sub- species of homo- sapiens(1mks)

rs
pe
6. Define the term anthropology as source of information in history and government(2mks)

pa
st
7. List two evidence used by archeologists to reconstruct activities of the past (2mks)

pa
8. Name one example of the western bantu (1mks) se
kc
ee

9. State advantages of using oral tradition as a source of information in history and government
.fr

(2mks)
w
w
w

10. Identify one function of Orkoiyot among the Nandi (1mks)

t:
si
vi

11. Name two missionaries who worked along the Kenyan coast by mid-19th century (2mks)
rs
pe

12. State one way in which Kenyan communities interacted during the pre – colonial period (1mks)
pa
st

13. Give two theories that explain the origin of man (2mks)
pa
e

14. State two causes of food shortages in developing countries (2mks)

re
rf
froo

15. State one use of fire by homo-erectus during the middle stone age (1mks)

SECTION B (45mks)

16. (a) sites in State five Pre-historical sites inkenya (5mks)

(b) Describe the culture of man during the new stone age (10mks)

17. (a) state two visitors who came to the east Africa coast (5mks)

(b) Explain the effects of plantation Agriculture on the people of east Africa coast (10mks)

18. (a) state five advantages of using written records as a source of information in history and
government (5mks)
 (b) Explain five limitations of using linguistics as a source of information in history and
government(10mks)

19. (a) State three aspects of history and government(3mks)

(b) Explain six importance of studying history (12mks)

SECTION C (30mks)

20. (a) State five reasons for the success of the Portuguese conquest of the east African coast (5mks)

(b) Explain five effects of missionary activities in Kenya (10mks)

21. (a) Name three main arms of the government in Kenya (3mks)

om
(b) Explain six factors that promote national unity in Kenya (12mks)

.c
rs
22. (a) state five reasons for bantu migration from their cradle land into Kenya in the pre – colonial

pe
period (5mks)

pa
st
(b) Explain five effects of the Luo migration to Kenya (10mks)

pa
se
kc
ee
.fr
w
w
w
t:
si
vi
rs
pe
pa
st
pa
e
re
rf
froo