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HISTORY PAPER II

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1. Name the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte who was nicknamed as madam deficit.
Ans: Marie Antoinette.
2. What is the German word for Struggle for Civilizations?
Ans: Kulturekampf
3. What name is used to refer to the war which the Ottoman Empire fought against Russia in
1835?
Ans: Crimean War
4. Which European country referred herself to as “The owners of the seas” before the First World
War?
Ans: Britain
5. In which country was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?
Ans: Bosnia.
6. About how many British ex-service were settled in the cape colony in 1820?
Ans: About 5000
7. Russia was the leader of the USSR. The acronyms USSR stand for.
Ans: Union of Socialist Soviets Republic
8. What name was tagged to the Germany nationals who signed the Versailles treaty by those who
disliked it?
Ans: November criminals.
9. Name the chancellor who was appointed by Kaiser William I?
Ans: Otto Von Bismarck
10. Name the Germany region the French troops occupied in 1922 which contributed to the
hyperinflation in Germany?
ans. Ruhr
11. What name was given to the dogma preached by the Catholic Church?
Ans: Dogma of papal impalpability.
12. Who were referred to as ‘November Criminals’ during the era of Hitler
Ans: the people that betrayed Germany during the Second World War.
13. What important event took place in 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors?
Ans: Germany as a state was declared.
14. One of the military terms of the Treaty of Versailles stated that an Anschluss between Germany
and Austria was not allowed. What was an Anschluss?
Ans: A Union between Germany and Austria
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15. What title was given to the Russian queens before the revolution of 1917?
Ans: Tsarina or Tzarina
16. Name the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte who was nicknamed as madam deficit.
Ans: Marie Antoinette.
17. What is the German word for Struggle for Civilizations?
Ans: Kulturekampf
18. What name is used to refer to the war which the Ottoman Empire fought against Russia in
1835? Ans: Crimean War
19. Which European country referred herself to as “The owners of the seas” before the First World
War? Ans: Britain
20. The creation of Israel led to the ?
Ans: Arab refuge
21. The Atlantic Charter of 1941 was between Franklin Roosevelt and …….
Ans:Winston Church hill
22. What was the policy of non-involvement by Britain in European mainland politics?
Ans: Splendid Isolation
23. Which Europeans had their ancestors known as the Anglos?
Ans: British people
24. Which country did Otto von Bismarck rule
Ans: Germany
25. Name the Germany statesman who started the idea of signing alliances across Europe.
Ans: Otto Von Bismarck
26. Who were the members of the Triple Alliance?
Ans: Germany, Austria-Hungar, Italy
27. Give one reason why most of the alliances where Germany was involved collapsed after 1890.
Because Bismarck resigned/Left office
28. Bismarck believed that the unification of Germany can only be achieved through what?
Ans:Iron and Blood

29. Name the two emperors present during the Dreikaiserbund of 1872.
Ans: Franz Joseph, Tsar Alexander, Kaiser William
30. In which year which was Bismarck forced to resign?
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 Ans: 1890
31. How many states made up a Germany confederation?
Ans:39 states
32. Name a Prussian Junker who was born in 1815 and played a major role in the unification of
Germany. Ans: Otto Von Bismark.
33. Which law was passed in 1872 which forbid priests to inspect schools?
Ans: May laws
34. Which treaty was signed by Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879?
Ans:Dual Alliance
35. Give three problems Bismarck faced at home.
Ans: Socialist, Catholics, Economic and Social Problems
36. Mention the region that was declared a de-militarized zone after the First World War .
Ans: Rhineland.
37. Who was the Chancellor of the New German Republic from 1923 to 1929?
Ans: Gustav Stressmann
38. What was the name of the new German Republic.
Ans: Weimar Republic
39. How did Stressmann die? ANS: He suffered from a series of strokes (Stroke)
40. Name the person who succeeded Stressman.
ANS: Adolf Hitler
41. What title was given to Hitler when he combined the positions of President and Chancellor?
ANS:Fure
42. Mention the person who had organized the Beer hall putsch of 1923 in Germany.
ANS: Adolf Hitler
43. What name is used to refer to the symbol of Nazi party?
ANS: Swastika

44. Mention the title of the book which Hitler wrote while in prison.
ANS: Mein Kampf

45. State the color of the shirts that Hitler’s bodyguards and storm troopers wore? ANS: Brown
Shirts

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46. Give a reason that led to the signing of the Anti-commintern pact. ANS:Stop the spread of
Communism around the world

47. What name is given is given to the night when Hitler killed over 6 million Jews? ANS:
Kristallnacht {Crystal Night} (Night of Broken Glass

48. State one reason why Hitler hated the Jews

ANS: That they betrayed Germany during the first World War (spying)

49. Name one of the two African sovereignties south of the equator once colonized by Portugal?
ANS: Angola and Mozambique

50. Who influenced the colonization of the Congo DRC? ANS: Henry Morton Stanley

51. Name one of the two European powers that were involved in a conflict over the occupation of
Morocco. ANS: France and Britain

52. Which British man dreamt to build a railline from Cape to Cairo? ANS: John Cecil Rhode

53. Mention the one African territory that was never colonized.

ANS: Liberia and Ethiopia

54. Name the first African country to gain its independence from colonial rule.
ANS:Ghana (1957)

55. Name two countries that were colonized by Germany?

Germany East (Tanzania), Germany West (Namibia)
56. Which European power colonized Angola and Mozambique.
ANS:Portugal
57. What name is used to refer to the control of overseas territories by European powers ANS:
Imperialism

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58. What term is used to refer to the division of African territories by European powers
ANS:Partition of Africa
59. Who led Zambia to independence by 1964? ANS:Kenneth Kaunda
60. Give one reasons why Britain followed the policy of splendid isolation.
ANS: [Link] position,
[Link] expansion,
iii. Self sufficient economically and military,
iv. The French revolution,
v. Crimea war of 1854-56,
vi,. System of alliances
vii. The provocative foreign policies of Kaiser William II,
viii. Second Anglo- Boer War,
ix Colonial Rivalries,
x. Armenian massacre of 1895
61. Which German King sent a telegram to Paul Kruger in Transvaal congratulating him over the
victory in the Anglo –Boer war in south Africa?
ANS:Kaise William II
62. How did Britain feel when Kaiser William II sent a telegram to Paul Kruger in Transvaal
congratulating him over the victory in the Anglo –Boer war in South Africa?
ANS: i. She felt that it was a direct provocation on the side of Britain by the Germans, ii.
Realised Germany was their enemy
63. Mention one ways how Britain abandoned the splendid isolation policy.

ANS: Signing treaties/Alliances e.g Anglo- French Entente Cordial

:The Triple Entente Cordial 1904

;The Triple Entente 1907

64. In which year was the Scliffen plan implemented

ANS: 1914

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65. What was the idea behind the Scliffen plan?

ANS:Prevent Germany from fighting a two front war

66. Which country was backward and expected to take a long time to mobilize her army in order to
give this plan an advantage?

ANS;Russia

67. Name the association of nations which was formed as a result of the Versailles Peace
Conference.
ANS: League of Nations
68. Name the American president behind the idea of the formation of the League of Nations.
ANS; Woodrow Wilson
69. When the League of Nations was formally established?
ANS; 1920
70. Where were the headquarters of the League of Nations?
ANS; Geneva Switzerland
71. Name two countries which were excluded as members from the League of Nations.
ANS; Germany
Italy
72. Give one reason why USA was not a member of the League of Nations.
ANS; Because USA considered the League as a European organisation

73. Name the organisation of youths and war veteran established by Mussolini in 1919?
ANS: Fascio di combattimento/Union of combat party.
74. What was the name given to Mussolini’s party?
ANS: Italian National Fascist Party/Fascist Party
75. Which treaty was signed between Mussolini and the Pope in 1929?
ANS: Lateran Treaty

76. Which organ of the United Nations offers legal advice to the UN organs and Specialised
Agencies?
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 ANS: International Court of Justice
77. The term used to refer to the set of measures introduced by President Roosevelt to solve
the economic challenges of the country is called __________.
Ans: The New Deal
78. In which year was Bismarck forced to resign?
Ans: 1890

79. What was the name of the council which enabled Mussolini to exercise absolute political
control in his home policy?
Ans: Fascist Grand council
80. Which aggressive alliance did Mussolini sign with Japan and Germany?
Ans: Rome- Berlin- Tokyo Axis

81. In which country did the long march take place?

Ans: China

82. Which year did the Long March start in China?

ANS: 1934

83. Which group of people was involved in the long march?

ANS: The communists

84. Name the province where the long march end.

Yenani

85. Name the man made feature founded by the communist in China

Great Wall of China

86. When was the second world war fought

1939 to 1945

87. Mention two causes of world war two

The Versailles Treaty

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The weaknesses of the League of Nations

The Alliance Systems

The Economic Depression of 1929

Arms Race

Imperialism

88. Identify three countries that signed Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis in 1937

Italy, Germany and Japan
89. What was the result of the Yalta Conference?
Division of Germany into four zones
90. Describe two aims of the organization that resulted from the San Francisco conference of April
1945.
Preserve peace and Security
Promote international co-operation
91. What organ of the United Nations does the Secretary General Head?
Secretariat
92. Name two African countries whose citizens worked as UN Secretary Generals.
Ghana
Egypt
93. Which one of the named UN Secretary General in the table died in a plane crash in Zambia?
Dag Hammerskjold

94. Give one reason why the Potsdam conference was held

To map/assess the details of the post war settlements in Europe

95. Mention at least two of the leaders of the countries that were represented at the Potsdam
Conference
USSR was represented by Stalin

USA was represented by Harry Truman

Britain was represented by Winston Churchill

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96. State the meaning of the following ideologies;
a. Capitalism - is an ideology that the economy (Industries/Factories) should be run
by private sector
b. Communism - is an ideology that allow the central government to own the
economic assets on behalf of the people
100. Name the plan in which was formed by USA in which she promised to provide massive aid
into help European recovery go on.
ANS: Marshall Plan
[Link] which year was the Yalta Conference held.
ANS:1945
103. At which conference was it agreed to share Germany into four zones
At Yalta Conference
[Link] at least leaders that attended the Yalta conference.

Joseph Stalin , Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill

[Link] the Germany town that was further divided into four zones by the USA, USSR, France
and Britain.
ANS: Berlin
[Link] name was used to refer to the closing of all communication links between East and West
of the Germany capital.
ANS: Berlin Blockade
[Link] which year did the Berlin Blockade take place?
ANS: 1948
[Link] did the other powers on the west deal with the closure of the communication links during
the Berlin Blockade.
ANS: They started airlifting essential commodities such as food, fuel, medical supplies etc.
[Link] name was given to the 30 mile barrier fence that was built in 1961 to completely close
East and West Germany?
ANS: Berlin Wall

[Link] name was given to the boundary which separated the North and South Korea?
ANS: 38th parallel

[Link] the two super powers which were involved in the Cuban Missile crisis.
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 ANS: USA, Russia
[Link] was the Cuban leader by 1960?
ANS: Fidel Castrol
[Link] the leader of the country that supplied missiles to Cuba.
Kruschev
[Link] was the United States of American president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
[Link] any other two Cold War incidents.
Berlin Blockade
Korean War
Vietnam War
[Link] the economic organization formed by European countries.
European Union
[Link] the currency used by the countries in the European Union.
Euro
[Link] any two countries which belong to the European Union.
France Poland
Italy Spain
Netherlands Sweden
Germany Romania
Portugal Greece
[Link] one reasons why Britain gave independence to its colonies.
Too expensive to maintain them
Criticism/condemnation from international organizations
Humanitarian campaigns

[Link] do the letters NATO stand for?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
[Link] treaty was precursor to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Treaty of Brussels (March 1948)

[Link] two countries that were member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) before 1953.

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Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, UK, Norway, Portugal, Canada, Denmark, Italy,
USA.

[Link] one objective of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Prevent the spread of communism
[Link] the country were the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are
found
Belgium

[Link] the block formed by Eastern European countries to counter NATO.

Warsaw Pact

[Link] any two countries that were members of the above mentioned block. Russia, Romania,
Albania, Poland, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Austria-Hungary.
[Link] the fourteenth point of Woodrow Wilson

Creation of world peace governing body to prevent an outbreak of another major war

[Link] the predecessor of the United Nations

League of Nations

103..Name the current United Nations Secretary General

Antonio Guterres

[Link] UNO organ is also referred to as the ‘World Parliament’

General Assembly

105. Name the United Nations organ responsible for supervising the UN specialized agencies

Economic and Social Council

106. Which named organ of the UN has five permanent members?

Security Council

107. What do the letters OAU stand for?

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 Organization for African Unity
108.. When was the Organization of African Unity formed?
25th May 1963
109.. State the current name of the Organization for African Unity.
African Unity (AU)
110.. When was the name of the Organization for African Unity changed to African Unity?
2002
111.. Name the headquarters of African Unity.
Addis Ababa in Ethiopia
112.. Write any one weakness of this association.
Failed to end neo-colonialism from Africa
Failed to eradicate conflict and wars in Africa
Failed to improve the standards of living amongst Africans
Failed to achieve a continental economic union
Failed to end political assassinations in Africa
Failed to protect human rights (Any One)
113.. Mention the first country in Africa to gain her independence from the colonialists.
Ghana
114.. Name the highest policy organs of Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The Summit
115.. Where are the headquarters of Southern African Development Community (SADC)?
Botswana
116.. Which Ministry constitutes the organ of council of Ministers of Southern African Development
Community (SADC)?
Ministry of Foreign affairs
Finance and Economic planning.
117.. Who heads the secretariat of Southern African Development Community (SADC)?
The SADC Chairperson
118.. State one duty of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) secretariat.
Implements decisions made by the Summit
Take charge of financial reports
General administration of the community
Development and strengthen common political values and governance.
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119.. Why was there a need to create the state of Israel in 1948?

Hitler’s persecution of the Jews

Persecution of the Jews in other European countries

Britain had promised a Jewish national home in Balfour declaration

120.. What was the name given to the Jewish movement back to Palestine?

Zionism

121.. State one reason why Arabs opposed the creation of the state of Israel.

Claimed that they were the descendants of Abraham and Ishamael

That they were given that land by God

122.. Name a war that was fought by Arab states in 1956.

Second Arab-Israel war

123.. What was the cause of the second Arab Israeli war?

The nationalization of the Suez canal

124.. Which two European states fought the Arabs aggressively during this war?

France and Britain

125.. What was the other name for the third- Arab Israel War?

Six days war

126.. Mention one Arab state which surrendered during the six days war.

Jordan

Egypt

Syria

127.. What was the reaction of the Arabs after the defeat of the 1973 war?

Ans: Increased the prices of oil

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128. Who was the president of United States of America when the Twin Towers were attacked by
terrorists?
Ans: George W. Bush Jr
129.. Name the terrorist group that carried out this attack.
Ans: Al-Qaeda
130.. Name the leader who financed this terrorist group.
Ans: Osama Bin Laden
131.. Give one reason why this group attacked the United States.
Ans: Retaliating for America’s support for Israel
America’s Involvement in the Persia Gulf war
America’s continued military presence in the Middle East.
132.. State the two consequences of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
Ans: Killing of innocent
Destruction of buildings
133.. Mention the two groups who fought against each other during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.
Ans: Tutsi
Hutu
134.. What do you understand by the term, terrorism?
Ans: Terrorism is the calculated use of violence intended to cause fear or death against
non- combats or civilians.
135. State two characteristics of terrorism.
Ans: Causing death or body harm
Psychological torture.

136. . Name the terrorist group operating in West Africa.

Ans: Boko Haram

[Link] are the headquarters of Common Market for East and Southern African Countries?
Ans: Lusaka, Zambia.
[Link] which year did Queen Elizabeth of Britain die?
Ans: 2022
139. What do the letters GBV stand for?
Ans: Gender Based Violence
[Link] the president of Russia who became the president after the death of Lenin?
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 Ans: Joseph Stalin
[Link] was the name of the symbol of the NAZI party used?
ANS: Swastika
[Link] 1914, most of Europe was divided into the armed camps named?.....and the ...........
Ans: Triple alliance and Triple entente
[Link] the commander of the French army at Fashoda in 1898?
Ans: Captain Mechand
[Link] was Lenin’s real name?
Ans: Vladmir Illyich Ulganov
[Link] was the leader of the Weimer republic?
Ans: Fredrick Elbert
[Link] which year was Musolini born?
Ans: 1883
[Link] .... was German war plan that enabled her to record a quick victories in the early stages of
WW1.
Ans: Schliffen plan
[Link] two European powers that were involved in the Fashoda incident/crisis of 1898?
Ans: France and Britain
[Link] does the letters COMESA stands for?
Ans: Common market for eastern and southern Africa
[Link] was the other name of the league of three emperors?
Ans: Draikaiserbund
[Link] nation almost crushed over the occupation of Egypt?
Ans: Britain and France
[Link] imperialism
Ans: this is when superpowers control another country politically, socially and economically.
[Link] is the name of the democratic government that came into power in Germany as a result of
the WW1?
Ans: Weimer republic
[Link] was NATO formed?
Ans: 1949
[Link] did the First World War start?
Ans: 1914
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[Link] did Bismarck fight the first war of unification?
Ans: 1864
[Link] do we call the war without weapons involved?
Ans: cold war
[Link] Schliffen plan was designed by............
Ans: Alfred von Schliffen
[Link] was behind the unification of German?
Ans. Otto von Bismarck
[Link] do you understand by the term splendid isolation?
Ans: this refers to enjoying the good, wonderful or beautiful state of being without much contact
with other people.
[Link] is the name of the person who was associated with the success of the Weimer republic?
Ans: Gustav Stressman
[Link] was the immediate cause of the First World War?
Ans: Murder at Sarajevo
[Link] atleast three European states that were involved in the scramble for Africa?
Ans: Germany, Italy and France
[Link] is the headquarters of the United Nations?
Ans: New York in USA
[Link] American president proposed the formation of an international organisation to provide
world security?
Ans: Woodrow Wilson
[Link] any remarkable event which took place in 1945?
Ans: Second World War ended; death of Adolf Hitler and UN was formed.
[Link] treaty was signed at the end of the first world wars?
Ans: Versailles Treaty
[Link] was the name given to the policy that Britain pursued after up to the prelude of the WW1 of
non-involvement in the European affairs?
Ans: Splendid Isolation
[Link] the date and year when the UNO came into being.......
Ans: 24th October, 1945.
[Link] the conference at which German was divided into four zones after the Second World War?
Ans Yalta Conference
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[Link] did Otto von Bismarck become chancellor of Prussia?
Ans: 1862
[Link] german statemen forced Bismarck to resign as chancellor of Germany in 1890?
Ans: Kaiser William II
[Link] term is used to refer to situation that existed in Europe between 1890 and 1914?
Ans: Powder cake
[Link] the BIG FOUR are sometimes referred to as the BIG THREE?
Ans: because Vittorio Orlando the Italian foreign affairs minister walked out of the Versailles
peace conference.
[Link] Italy did joined the First World War on the side of the side of the triple entente instead of
triple alliance?
Ans: Because she was promised to territories of Triesse and Tentrino at the secret treaty of
London of 1915.
[Link] was Russia not invited to the Versailles peace conference?
Ans: because she withdrew from the first world war by 1917 by signing the treaty of Breast-
Litousk which brought an end to the war on the Eastern.
[Link] from Denmark, which other country opposed then unification of Germany?
Ans: France and Austria
[Link] the final war which Prussia fought to achieve the unification.
Ans: Franco-Prussia War
[Link] the two security groups that were formed in the NAZI party?
Ans: SA, SS and GESTAPO
[Link] did Britain join the First World War?
Ans: increasing Naval Race between Germany and Britain or the sinking of the Britain
passangership by Germany
[Link] did Germany decide to attack France through Belgium?
Ans: the border between France and Germany was well guarded or Belgium was
considered a neutral country or movement through Belgium would be smooth since it was a
flat country. NB: learner can give any one of the three answers.
182. Which French city did Germany intends to attack using the Schliffen plan?
Ans: Paris
[Link] two provinces did France reposes from Germany after the First World War?
Ans: Alsace and Lorraine
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[Link] did the Germany politicians decide to convene in an inferior town of Weimar republic to
draw the constitution of Germany? Ans: because there was tension and confusion in Berlin,
the capital city of Germany.
[Link] do you understand by the phrase COLD WAR?
ANS: this was a war of words where no physical fighting was involved but mere threats.
[Link] the two superpowers that were at the centre of the cold war?
Ans: USA and USSR (Russia)
[Link] military threat did the American notice in Cuba during the cold war?
Ans: the construction of the missiles base.
[Link] treaty was signed between Germany and Russia to end the war on the eastern front during
the WW1? Ans: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
[Link] was the African Union (AU) originally called?
Ans: Organisation of African Unity (OAU)
[Link] are the headquarters of the African union?
Ans: Addis Ababa
[Link] the wife of the wife of the archduke who was murdered at Sarajevo?
Ans: Sophia Choteck
[Link] country was the archduke visiting?
Ans: Serbia (Bosnia).
[Link] the emperor that sent the archduke to Serbia?
Ans: Franz Joseph
[Link] the student who shot and killed the archduke?
Ans: Gavril Princip
[Link] which group did Gavril Princip belong?
Ans: Black hand organisation
[Link] country declared war on Russia on the 1st August, 1914?
Ans: Germany
[Link] name was given to the party founded by Mussolini?
Ans: National Fascist Party
[Link] which year did Mussolini come to power?
Ans: 1922
[Link] the leading opposition leader who was murdered by Mussolini in 1924?
Ans: Giacomo Mattetoti.
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[Link] program did Mussolini introduce that aimed at increasing the population?
Ans: The battle of births in 1927.
[Link] the independent state in the heart of Rome?
Ans: Vatican City
[Link] the two alliances Mussolini signed between 1937 and 1939?
Ans: Rome Berlin-Tokyo Axis of 1937 and the pact of Steel of 1939
[Link] one reason why the Pontine marshes were reclaimed and drained by Mussolini?
Ans: To create more land for agriculture activities.
[Link] were the aims of Mussolini’s foreign policy?
Ans: To revenge and regain what was lost during the Versailles peace treaty what Italy
territories were rightly.
And he wanted Italy to the superpower that would challenge Britain and Germany.
He also wanted to revenge the lost battle of Adowa of 1896.
[Link] country in Africa was the earliest to have its independence?
Ans: Sudan in 1956
[Link] West Africa, which country got its independence first?
Ans: Ghana in 1957
[Link] did France join the First World War?
ANS: Because of the triple Entente cordial that she signed with Russia
[Link] many days passed from the attack on Serbia to the time Austria Hungary attacked Russia?
Ans: 14 days
[Link] the highest policy making organ of the UN?
Ans: General Assembly
[Link] was the United Nation formed?
Ans: To maintain the world peace and security

[Link] organ of the United Nations gives legal advice to the United Nations?
Ans: International criminal Court (ICC) former (ICJ).
212. Name the president of Russia who came into power after the death of Lenin?.....................
ANS; Joseph Stalin
[Link] was the purpose of the 50th ordinance?..........................
ANS; It gave rights to the slaves at the cape
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 [Link] was the name of the symbol which the Nazi party used?.........................
ANS; Swastika
215. Name the commander of the French army at Fashoda in 1898…………………………….
ANS; captain mechand
216. What was Lenin’s real name?...................................
ANS; Vladmir Illyich Ulganov
217. Who was the leader of the newly formed Weimar republic………………………………
ANS; Fredrick Ebert
218. Why was it difficult to colonize the north eastern Rhodesia ………………………………….
ANS; the tribes were hostile
219. In which year was Mussolini born?............................
ANS; 1883
[Link] ………………………….was Germans war plan that enabled her to record quick victories in
the early stage of world war 1………………………………………….
ANS; Schliffen plan
221. Name the missionary who influenced chief chitimukulu sampa to seek British
protection………………
ANS; bishop Joseph DuPont
222. Mass movement of the Boers from the cape to the interior of south Africa after 1835 is known as
ANS; the great trek/voortrek
223. Mention two economic activities that the san people practiced…………………..
ANS; hunting and gathering/fishing
224. Mention two European powers who were involved in Fashoda incident of 1898……………….
ANS; France and Britain
225. What do the letters COMESA stand for………………………………..
ANS; common market for eastern and southern Africa
226. What was the other name for the league of three
emperors…………………………………………..
Ans; Drakaiserband
227. Name the Indian leader who led that country to independence without
bloodshed…………………….
Ans; Mahatma Ghandi
228. What is the name of the place where the Bemba bury their chiefs…………………………
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 ANS; Mwalule
229. Which nations almost clashed over the occupation of Egypt……………………..
ANS; Britain and France
230. Define imperialism…………………..
Ans; this is when superior powers controls another country politically, socially and
economically
231. What is the name of the democratic government that came into power in Germany as a result of
the 1st world war…………………………..
ANS; Weimar republic
232. When was NATO formed………………………………….
ANS; 1949
233. When did the first world war start…………………….
ANS; 1914
234. when was diamond discovered…………………………
ANS;1867
235. when did Bismark fight the first war of unification ……………………………….
Ans;1864
236. when did shaka die …………………………..
Ans; 1825
237. in which year was Mussolini born…………………………….
ANS;1883
238. what do the letters NATO stand for…………………………………
ANS; northern Atlantic treaty organization
239. Who named the san the ROG…………………………
ANS; The Basotho
240. What do we call the war without weapon……………………..
ANS; Cooled war
241. The schliefen plan was designed by …………………………..
ANS; Alfred Van Schliefen
242. Who was behind the unification of german ……………………..
ANS; Bismark
243. What do you call the period in which one Can grow and have a family probably between 25 to 30
years ……
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 ANS; Generation
244. What was the immediate cause of the first world war………………………
ANS; Murder at sara jero
345. When was Bismark born ……………………..
ANS; 1815
346. In which year did Kaiser William abdicate the thrown…………………..
ANS; 1918
347. Name the man who was at the centre of the unification of Germany ………………………..
ANS; Otto von Bismark
348. Name the conference at which Germany was divided into four zones after the Second World War.
ANS Yalta conference
349. Mention the one African territory that was never colonized. ANS: Liberia and Ethiopia
[Link] the first African country to gain its independence from colonial rule.
ANS: Ghana (1957)

[Link] two countries that were colonized by Germany? Germany East (Tanzania), Germany
West (Namibia)
[Link] European power colonized Angola and Mozambique? ANS:Portugal
[Link] name is used to refer to the control of overseas territories by European powers ANS:
Imperialism
[Link] term is used to refer to the division of African territories by European powers ANS:
Partition of Africa
[Link] led Zambia to independence by 1964?
ANS: Kenneth Kaunda
[Link] one reasons why Britain followed the policy of splendid isolation.
ANS: [Link] position, [Link] expansion, iii. Self - sufficient economically and
military, iv. The French revolution, v. Crimea war of 1854-56, vi,. System of alliances vii.
The provocative foreign policies of Kaiser William II, viii. Second Anglo- Boer War, ix
Colonial Rivalries, x. Armenian massacre of 1895
[Link] German King sent a telegram to Paul Kruger in Transvaal congratulating him over the
victory in the Anglo –Boer war in south Africa?
Kaise William II

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 [Link] did Britain feel when Kaiser William II sent a telegram to Paul Kruger in Transvaal
congratulating him over the victory in the Anglo –Boer war in South Africa?
ANS: i. She felt that it was a direct provocation on the side of Britain by the Germans, ii.
Realised Germany was their enemy
359. List the members of the Triple Alliance and Tripple Entente
360. Briefly explain why Britain adopted the policy of splendid isolation
361. Explain why and how Britain abandoned the Policy of Splendid Isolation
[Link] two superpowers competed in building the dreadnaught ships in Europe during the
Naval race?

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