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History and Government Headstart Exam

The document is an examination paper for St. John Aduing Monge Secondary School's Headstart Exam in History and Government for April 2024. It consists of multiple sections, including short answer questions, essay questions, and topics covering early human history, agricultural developments, colonialism, and the League of Nations. Students are required to answer a specific number of questions from each section to demonstrate their understanding of historical events and concepts.

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History and Government Headstart Exam

The document is an examination paper for St. John Aduing Monge Secondary School's Headstart Exam in History and Government for April 2024. It consists of multiple sections, including short answer questions, essay questions, and topics covering early human history, agricultural developments, colonialism, and the League of Nations. Students are required to answer a specific number of questions from each section to demonstrate their understanding of historical events and concepts.

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ST.

JOHN ADUING MONGE SECONDARY SCHOOL


HEADSTART EXAM
311/2
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 2
APRIL 2024
TIME: 2½ hours

Section A (25 marks)


1. Give the name of the tools made by early man during the New Stone Age period (1 mark)

2. State two distinct characteristics of Homo Erectus. (2 marks)

3. Identify one form of writing during the early civilizations resulting from early
agriculture. (1 mark)

4. State two factors that promoted large-scale farming in Britain during the Agrarian
Revolution. (2 marks)

5. State two ways in which poor transport system has contributed to food shortages in
Africa. (2 marks)

6. Identify two political benefits of Trans-Saharan-trade to the people of Western


Sudan. (2 marks)

7. State two characteristics of Macadam roads. (2 marks)

8. Give one early source of energy. (1 mark)

9. State two political results of industrial Revolution in Europe. (2 marks)

10. State one contribution of Joseph Lister in the field of medicine in the nineteenth century.
(1 mark)

11. Identify two factors that facilitated colonization of Africa in the nineteenth century

(2 marks)

12. Give one reason why the Shona supported the British forces against the Ndebele during
the Anglo-Ndebele war of 1893. (1 mark)

13. State one reason why Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda collaborated with the British.
(1 mark)
14. Give two political developments in South Africa which facilitated establishment of a
multi-racial government. (2 marks)

15. Give the name given to Germany and her supporters during the First World War.
(1 mark)

16. Give the main reason why the League of Nations was established in 1919. (1 mark)

Section B (45 marks)


ANSWER 3 QUESTIONS
18. (a) State five reasons why man turned from hunting and gathering to agriculture.
(5 marks)

(b) Explain five effects of Agrarian revolution in United States of America (USA).
(10 marks)

19. (a) Identify five ways in which iron working spread in Africa. (5 marks)

(b) Explain five factors that led to emergence of Japan as an industrial power. (10 marks)

20. (a) Give five causes of the Maji Maji rebellion of 1905 to 1907 in Tanganyika.
(5 marks)

(b) Explain five reasons why Samori Toure resisted the French for so long. (10 marks)

21. (a) Give five qualifications for one to be assimilated in Senegal. (5 marks)

(b) Describe five effects of direct rule in Zimbabwe. (10 marks)

SECTION C (30 MARKS)


ANSWER 2 QUESTIONS
22. (a) State three economic activities of the Baganda during the pre-colonial period.
(3 marks)

(b) Describe the social organization of Asante Kingdom in the eighteenth Century.
(12 marks)

23. (a) Identify three roles of the church in promoting African Nationalism in South
Africa. (3 marks)

(b) Explain six problems encountered by African Nationalists in South Africa. (12 marks)

24. (a) State three functions of the Assembly of the League of Nations. (3 marks)

(b) Describe six achievements of the League of Nations. (12 marks)

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