Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Nakuru North Joint Mock 2024 History Paper 2 Exam with Answers and Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It is a KCSE History and Government Paper 2 (311/2) Joint Mock Examination that was administered in July/August 2024 for schools in Nakuru North Sub-County.

  • Duration: 2½ Hours
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Number of Questions: 24

  The paper was structured into three sections as follows:

  • Section A: Questions 1–17 (25 marks) – Short structured questions covering early human development, trade, governance, and world history.
  • Section B: Questions 18–21 (45 marks) – Candidates answered any three questions.
  • Section C: Questions 22–24 (30 marks) – Candidates answered any two questions.

  It covered the following topics:

  • Sources of information in History including written sources and their limitations
  • Early human evolution including Homo habilis
  • Development of early agriculture in ancient civilizations such as Egypt
  • Barter trade and its limitations
  • Technological inventions in ancient civilizations including the wheel in Mesopotamia
  • Traditional methods of communication such as use of messengers
  • Advancements in medicine including the discovery of chloroform
  • Development and political impact of iron technology in Africa
  • Decline of early urban centres such as Meroe
  • Political organization of the Asante kingdom including the role of the Golden Stool
  • Political systems of African societies such as the Baganda and the role of the Bataka
  • African countries that were not colonized
  • Colonial administration systems such as those applied by the British in Zimbabwe
  • Nationalist political parties involved in Ghana’s independence struggle
  • Reasons for the United States’ initial reluctance to join the First World War
  • Cold War conflicts in Africa
  • Structure of the United States Congress
  • Political organization of African kingdoms such as Buganda and the Shona
  • Emergence and development of long-distance trade
  • Challenges faced by Trans-Saharan traders
  • Decisions and agreements made during the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885
  • Factors influencing collaboration between African leaders and Europeans
  • Colonial policies such as assimilation in Senegal
  • Factors that enabled Ghana to achieve independence earlier than many African states
  • Objectives and failure of the League of Nations
  • Regional cooperation organizations such as ECOWAS and the East African Community
  • Sources of the British constitution
  • Functions of the British monarchy
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

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