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Form 1 History and Government End of Term 3 Examination 2022

Class: Form 1

Subject: History and Government

Level: High School

Exam Category: Form 1 End Term 3 Exams

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Term 3 - 2022 HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT (QUESTION PAPER) FORM ONE (1) Time: 2½ Hours
Name: …………………………………………………………. AdmNo: ………………. School: ………………………………………………………..
Class: ………………….. Signature: …………………………………………………….. Date: …………………...
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:
 This paper consists of three sections A, B and C.
 Answer ALL questions in section A, THREE questions from section B , and ALLquestions from section C
 Answers to all questions must be written in a separate booklet provided.
 This paper consists of printed pages.
 Candidates should check to ascertain that all pages are indicated and that no questions are missing.

SECTION A (25 Marks) ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
1. Name two sources of the history of the Kenyan communities during the pre-colonial period. (2 marks)
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2. Name one pre-historic sites in Kenya. (1 mark)
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3. What was the base of the political organization among the Cushites during the pre-colonial period? (1 mark)
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4. Identify two economic activities which the Maasai acquired as a result of interacting with the Agikuvu during their settlement in Kenya. (2 marks)
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5. Identify one factor that led to the spread of Islam along the Kenyan coast by sixteenth century. (1 mark)
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6. Give the main reason why a Kenyan citizen should obey the law. (1 mark)
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7. Give two ways in which education has promoted national unity. (2 marks)
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8. Give the name of the tools made by early man during the New Stone Age period (1 mark)
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9. State two distinct characteristics of Homo Erectus. (2 marks)
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10. Identify one form of writing during the early civilizations resulting from early agriculture. (1 mark)
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11. State two factors that promoted large-scale farming in Britain during the Agrarian Revolution. (2 marks)
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12. State two ways in which poor transport system has contributed to food shortages in Africa. (2 marks)
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13. Write down one type of written evidence that support the presence of early visitors along the Kenyan Coast before 1500 A.D. (1 mark)
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14. Name oneEuropean missionaries who pioneered the spread of Christianity in Kenya. (1 mark)
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15. Name two communities that belong to the Plain Nilotes. (2 marks)
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16. Give one importance of studying government in Kenyan schools. (1 mark)
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17. State two ways in which archeologists obtain information on History and government. (2 marks)
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SECTION B (45 MARKS)
ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
18 (a) Identify five reasons that led to the migration of the Cushites from their original homeland into Kenya during the pre-colonial period. (5 marks)
b) Explain five results of the interactions between the Bantu and the Cushites in Kenya during the pre-colonial period.(10 marks)
19 a) State five factors that contributed to the Development of Trade between the Kenyan Coast and the outside world by the 16th century.(10 marks)
b) Explain five impacts of the presence of Arab traders along the East Coast of Africa.(10 marks)
20 a) Identify three sub-species of Homosapiens. (3 marks)
b) Describe the way of life of human being during his middle Stone age.(10 marks)
21 (a) Identify three irrigation methods used in Egypt.
(b) Explain six similarities in Early agriculture in Egypt and Mesopotamia. (12 marks)

SECTION C (30 MARKS)
ANSWER THE TWO QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
22 a) Name three symbols of National unity in Kenya. (3 marks)
b) Explain six factors which undermine national unity in Kenya. (12 marks)
23 a) State five ways through which can one have his/her right of citizenship be revoked. (5 marks)
b) Explain five elements of a good citizen in Kenya. (10 marks)

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