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This document is a holiday assignment for Form Three students in History and Government for the year 2025. It includes various sections with questions covering topics such as government definitions, archaeological methods, early agriculture, trade, and colonial history. The assignment is structured into three sections with a total of 100 marks, requiring students to provide definitions, explanations, and examples related to the subject matter.

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History

This document is a holiday assignment for Form Three students in History and Government for the year 2025. It includes various sections with questions covering topics such as government definitions, archaeological methods, early agriculture, trade, and colonial history. The assignment is structured into three sections with a total of 100 marks, requiring students to provide definitions, explanations, and examples related to the subject matter.

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NAME………………………………ADMNO…………………………

STREAM………………DATE………………..SIGN…………………

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT


HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 2025
FORM THREE
EXAMMINERS USE ONLY
SECTION NUMBER SCORE
A 1-17
B 18
19
20
C 21
22

Section A (25 marks)

1. Define the term government. (1 mark)

2. Give two methods used by archaeologists to locate archaeological sites. (2 marks)

3. Identify two species of Homo Sapiens. (2 marks)

4. Name the method used by early man in the Middle Stone Age to improve his tools.
(1 mark)
5. Mention two urban centres that emerged as a result of early agriculture in Mesopotamia
(2 marks)
6. Give one reason why early man developed trade. (1 mark)

7. Give the main item of trade from North Africa during the Trans-Saharan trade.
(1 mark)
8. Identify two advantages of road transport. (2 marks)

9. Give two examples of print media as a modern means of communication. (2 marks)


10. Identify two reasons why metals were preferred over stone tools. (2 marks)

11. Name the country that pioneered industrial revolution in Europe. (1 mark)

12. Identify the main reason for the growth of London as an early urban centre in Europe
(1 mark)
13. Give two duties of Lukiiko in the Buganda kingdom. (2 marks)

14. Mention one type of spirit in the Shona kingdom in the 19th century. (1 mark)

15. Give two strategic factors for the European scramble and partition of Africa.
(2 marks)
16. Apart from Assimilation, name another administrative policy used by the French to
administer her colonies in Africa. (1 mark)
17. Identify the European power which colonized Mozambique up to 1975. (1 mark)

Section B (45 marks)

18. (a) Give five disadvantages of open field system of farming in Britain before
Agrarian Revolution (5 marks)
(b) Explain five effects of Agrarian Revolution in the United States of America
(USA). (10 marks)

19. (a) Give five methods used to acquire slaves from West Africa during the Trans-
Atlantic trade. (5 marks)
(b) Explain five social effects of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. (10 marks)
20. (a) State five reasons for Kabaka Mutesa I collaboration with the British.
(5 marks)
(b) Explain five reasons why the Shona and Ndebele were defeated during the
Chimurenga war (1896-1897). (10 marks)

Section C (30 marks)

21 (a) Give three factors that led to the rise of the Shona Kingdom. (3 marks)

(b) Describe the political organization of the Asante kingdom in the 19th century.
(12 marks)

22 (a) Identify three roles of the Emirs in Northern Nigeria during the colonial period.
(3 marks)

(b) Explain six reasons why the British used direct rule in Zimbabwe. (12 marks)

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