History Questions and Answers - Form 1 Term 2 Opener Exams 2023

QUESTIONS

1hr 45min

Answer all the questions

1. Define    the following   terms:  (5mk)
   1. Evolution-
   2. Stone age-
   3. Neolithic period-
   4. Agrarian revolution-
   5. oral  tradition-
2. State three methods of irrigation use in Mesopotamia (3mks)
3. Give  the   examples  of oral  traditions as a source of information  (3mks)
4. Identify four forms of government  (4mks)
5. Give the uses of tools used by the early man (6mks)
6. list  the stages of evolution of the early man  (8mks)
7. Identify the methods used by scientist  to date fossils  (6mks)
8. What were the reasons for domesticating plants and animal by the early man  (5mks)
9. Give the reasons why   early agriculture was successful in Egypt  (5mks)
10. What  were the changes that marked agrarian revolution in Britain  (5mks)
11. State three linguistic groups in Kenya  (3mks)
12. Give the factors that led  to migration of bantus from Congo basin  (6mks)
13. Outline way in which archaeology located archaeological sites (5mks)
14. Give   the effects of food   shortage in Africa (6mks)

MARKING SCHEME

1. Define    the following   terms: (5mk
   • Evolution-the process of change in living organism over a number of years
   • stone age-a very early period of human history when man tools and weapons were made of stones
   • Neolithic period-a period when man started domesticating plants and animals
   • Agrarian revolution-refers  to rapid changes and improvements in the field of agriculture
   • oral  tradition-practice of passing  information from one generation to another through the word of mouth
2. State the methods of irrigation in Mesopotamia
   • Shadoof
   • Canal
   • basin
3. Give  the   examples  of oral  traditions as a source of information
   • Riddles
   • Myths
   • Songs
   • Stories
   • Poems 1
   • Proverbs
   • Tongue     twister
4. Identify four    forms of government
   • Monarchical
   • Aristocratic
   • Democratic
   • dictatorial
5. Give the uses of tools used by the early man
   • Cutting meat and vegetables
   • Grinding tough vegetables
   • Scrapping of skin s
   • Skinning animals
   • Sharpening other tools
   • Defence
6. list  the stages of evolution of the early man
   • Aegyptopithecus
   • Dryopithecus
   • Ramapithecus/kenyapithecus
   • Australopithecus/zinjathropus
   • Homo habilis
   • Homo erectus
   • Homo sapien
   • Homo sapien sapiens
7. Identify the methods used   by  scientist  to date fossils
   • Geological period 2
   • Chemical dating
   • Stratigraphy
   • Statistical dating
   • Lexico statistical
   • Fission track dating
8. What was the reasons for domesticating plants and animal by the early man
   • Climatic changes
   • Increasesd population
   • Competitionfor food from other animals
   • Natural calamities
   • Hunting and gathering was tiresome
   • overgrazing
9. Give the reasons why   early agriculture was successful in Egypt
   • Availability of water from Nile
   • The region was protected from foreign invasion
   • Indeginous crops
   • Close proximity to Mesopotamia encouraged exchange of ideas
   • Fertile soils
10. What  were the changes that marked agrarian revolution in Britain
    • Abolition of fallows
    • Application of new  methods of farming
    • Intercropping
    • Use of machines
    • Application of scientific principle of farming
    • Land enclosure system 3
11. State three linguistic groups in Kenya
    • Bantus
    • Cushites
    • nilotes
12. Give the factors that led  to migration of bantus from congo basin
    • Spread of  knowledge of   iron work
    • Search for cultivating land
    • Population pressure
    • External conflicts
    • Family feuds
    • Spirit of adventure
13. outline way in which archaeology located archaeological sites
    • Long experience
    • Historical reseach
    • Use   of vision
    • Looking for areas where erosion and tectonic forces has taken place
    • Where cultivation and construction is taking place
14. Give   the effects of food   shortage in Africa
    • Loss of life
    • Increased suffering
    • Social problems
    • Refugism
    • Dragged development
    • Dependence in foreign aids