Instructions to candidates

(a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of three sections; Section A, B and C.
(d) Answer any five questions in each section in the question paper.
(e) This paper consists of 6 printed pages.
(f) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
(g) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

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Section Question Maximum Student’s

Score Score
A 1-13 25
B 14 15
15 15
16 15
C 17 15
18 15
TOTAL 100
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SECTION A (25MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions in this section

1. Identify two branches in the study of History and Government of Kenya.

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2. State two example of audio-visual source of information on history and

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3. Name two types of dwellings used by the early man during the early Stone Age
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4. State two ways in which man benefited by becoming bi-pedalism. (2marks)
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5. Give two reasons that made early man to live in groups during the Stone Age
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6. Give two reasons why early people moved from the forests to settle in the
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7. Name two method of irrigation used in the development of early agriculture in

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8. State the first settlement area of the Luo during their migration from Sudan.
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9. Identify two methods of trade. (2marks)

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10. Give two methods used to acquire slaves in West Africa during the trans-
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11. Give two disadvantages of motor vehicle. (2marks)

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12. State two technological factors that facilitated the coming of the early visitors
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13. Identify two written evidences of contacts between the Kenyan coast and the
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SECTION B (45 MARKS)

Answer ALL the questions from this section.

14. (a) Give three physical characteristics of the Homo Erectus. (3marks)
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(b) Explain six cultural practices of Homo Sapiens during the New Stone Age.
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15. (a) Identify five reasons why man began domestication of crops. (5marks)
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(b) Explain five results of Trans- Atlantic trade in West Africa. (10marks)
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16. (a). Identify five factors that led to the growth of towns along the coast of Kenya
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b) Describe the way of life in the coastal towns of Kenya before the 19th
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SECTION C (30 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section

17. (a) Give five factor that limit national unity. (5 marks)
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b) Describe five religious functions of the Orkoiyot among the Nandi.

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18. (a) Identify five uses of bronze in pre- colonial Africa. (5marks)
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b) Explain five factors that have promoted Industrialization in India. (10marks)

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