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• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises the "Form 4 History Mid Term 2 Exam 2025 with Marking Scheme". The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  Please note that the marking scheme is in a different document.

  The exam paper, identified in the document as "HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT MID TERM EXAM FORM FOUR TERM 2 2025"[cite: 1], is divided into two sections:

  • SECTION A (20 MARKS): Consists of 11 short-answer questions. Candidates are instructed to answer all questions in this section. [cite: 1]
  • SECTION B (30 MARKS): Contains 3 essay questions. Candidates are instructed to answer TWO questions from this section. Each question is worth 15 marks. [cite: 11]

  The total marks for the exam are 50.

  The topics covered in this exam include:

  • SECTION A:
    • Introduction to History and Government:
      • The period in History dealing with the study of man in the distant past[cite: 1, 2].
      • Methods used by archaeologists to obtain information on History and Government[cite: 2, 3].
    • Early Man and Economic Activities:
      • Negative effects of the Land enclosure system in Europe[cite: 3, 4].
      • Advantages of the currency method of trade[cite: 4].
      • Reasons for the preference for African slaves during the Trans-Atlantic trade[cite: 4, 5].
      • Impact of the construction of the Suez Canal[cite: 5, 6].
      • How knowledge of iron working encouraged migration among Bantu communities[cite: 6, 7].
      • Factors contributing to the decline of Meroe as an early urban centre[cite: 7, 8].
    • Colonization of Africa and African Response:
      • African countries that were never colonized[cite: 8, 9].
      • Communes in Senegal where the French assimilation policy was mostly successful[cite: 9, 10].
      • Reasons for Samori Toure's prolonged resistance against French invasion[cite: 10, 11].
  • SECTION B:
    • Development of Industries:
      • Examples of early sources of energy[cite: 11, 12].
      • Factors that have hindered industrialization in third world countries[cite: 12, 13].
    • African Societies in the 19th Century:
      • Types of spirits that existed among the Shona[cite: 13, 14].
      • Description of the political organization of the Asante (Ashanti) empire during the 19th century[cite: 14, 15].
    • World War I:
      • Demands made by Austria-Hungary to Serbia before the outbreak of the First World War[cite: 15, 16].
      • Explanation of the causes of the First World War[cite: 16, 17].
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• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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