Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Form 4 History and Government Paper 2 Mid Term 2 2026 Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This paper assesses Form 4 students' understanding of world history, African nationalism, colonial policies, and international relations, measuring their ability to recall, analyse, and evaluate historical developments from ancient civilisations to the post-independence era as required in the KCSE History and Government Paper 2 syllabus.

  • Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Total Marks: 95 Marks
  • Number of Questions: 24 questions
  • Structure:
    • Section A – 20 Marks (all questions compulsory, short-answer)
    • Section B – 45 Marks (answer any 3 questions from Questions 18–21)
    • Section C – 30 Marks (answer any 2 questions from Questions 22–24)

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A
    • Characteristics of government
    • Archaeology as a source of historical information
    • Stone Age tool-making techniques
    • Early agriculture in Mesopotamia — Sumerian land reclamation
    • Feudalism in pre-Agrarian Revolution Europe
    • Impact of iron working on African communities
    • Invention of the wheel and early transport
    • Negative impacts of the internet
    • Decline of Meroe as an early urban centre
    • Scramble and partition of Africa — strategic reasons
    • Lochner Treaty between Lewanika and the British
    • Pyramid/parallel policy in Southern Rhodesia
    • Treaties between Lobengula and the British
    • Formation of the League of Nations
    • Commonwealth membership
    • Cold War military alliances
    • Non-Aligned Movement — founder
  • Section B
    • Open field farming system — disadvantages before the Agrarian Revolution
    • Agrarian Revolution in the United States of America
    • Berlin Conference — terms
    • Maji Maji revolt — reforms in Tanganyika
    • Growth of the Buganda kingdom
    • Political organisation of the Shona kingdom
    • Rise of African nationalism
    • FRELIMO and the struggle for independence in Mozambique
  • Section C
    • British indirect rule in Nigeria
    • Failure of French assimilation policy in West Africa
    • World War I — Austria-Serbia demands and causes
    • United Nations Security Council — permanent members
    • Achievements of the Commonwealth Association
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• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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