History Questions and Answers - Form 1 Mid Term 1 Exams 2022

Questions

1. Give the relationship between history and Government (1mk)
2. Define the term pre-history (1mk)
3. Identify two branches in the study of History and Government of Kenya (2mks)
4. Identify one form of government (1mk)
5. State function of each of the three arms of government (6mks)
6. Give four characteristics of government (4mks)
7. Give five unwritten sources of information on History and Government (5mks)
8. Identify two types of oral traditions used to obtain information on history and government (2mks)
9. Give one contribution of archeology to the study of history (1mk)
10. Give three reasons of studying the government (3mk)
11. Give one theory explaining the origin of man (1mk)
12. Why was fire important to the early man? (1mk)
13. Identify the name of tools made by Homo erectus (1mk)
14. Give one spread of Homo Sapiens (1mk)

Marking Scheme

1. Give the relationship between history and Government (1mk)
   • History is the study of the past human activities while Government is the study of how people are governed.
     
     
2. Define the term pre-history (1mk)
   • It is the study of the past human activities before the invention of writing/ the study of unrecorded past humanactivities.
     
     
3. Identify two branches in the study of History and Government of Kenya (2mks)
   • Social history
   • Political history
   • Economic history
     
     
4. Identify one form of government (1mk)
   • Dictatorship
   • Democratic
   • Historic
   • Monarchy
     
     
5. State function of each of the three arms of government (6mks)
   • Legislature – It makes laws
   • The executive – It implements laws
   • The judiciary – It interprets laws
     
     
6. Give four characteristics of government (4mks)
   • It has rules
   • Sovereignty
   • Jurisdiction
   • Legitimacy
   • Law enforcement
     
     
7. Give five unwritten sources of information on History and Government (5mks)
   • Oral traditions/oral source
   • Archaeology /palaentology
   • Genetics
   • Linguistiucs
   • Anthropology
     
     
8. Identify two types of oral traditions used to obtain information on history and government (2mks)
   • Riddles
   • Myths
   • Songs
   • Poems
   • Tongue twister
   • Proverbs
   • Legends
   • Dances
     
     
9. Give one contribution of archeology to the study of history (1mk)
   • It provides information on the origin of human/ cradles/ earliest human beings.
   • It provides information on peoples way of life
   • It helps people to locate historical sites
   • It provides information on the chronological order of historical events
     
     
10. Give three reasons of studying the government (3mk)
    • To understand how different organs of government function
    • To understand how laws are made/ enforced
    • To have knowledge of the duties nights
    • To enable citizens know their nights
    • To be able to compare political systems of the world
      
      
11. Give one theory explaining the origin of man (1mk)
    • The creation theory
    • The mythica/ traditional theory
    • The evolution theory
      
      
12. Why was fire important to the early man? (1mk)
    • Fire provided warmth in the night and during cold spell
    • It was used for hunting
    • Fire was used as food presevative
      
      
13. Identify the name of tools made by Homo erectus (1mk)
    • Acheulian
      
      
14. Give one spread of Homo Sapiens (1mk)
    • The Rhodesian man
    • Neanderthal man
    • Cro-magnum man