NAME……………………………………………………….ADM………………………….
DATE…………….
FORM THREE
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT EXAM
311
2025 AUGUST HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT TERM 3
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
a) This paper consists of three sections A, B, and C
b) Answer all questions
c) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the
pages are printed
d) For section A answers to be written on the space provided and section
B and C, answers to be written after the last question
SECTION A-25 MARKS
1.Give two types of oral traditions used to obtain information on history and
government (2mks)
2. Identify two communities in Kenya which belongs to coastal bantu group
(2mks)
3. Identify one age-grade for elders among the Akamba. (1mk)
4. Identify the method used to plant cereal crops when early agriculture began.
(1mk)
5.Give two features of Roman roads by 300 AD (2mk)
6.State two disadvantages of using animals as a means of transport (2mks)
7.give the main factor that contributed to the growth of Johannesburg as a
modern urban Centre (1mk)
8. State two ways in which direct democracy is exercised in Kenya (2mks)
9. State one social factor that caused the majimaji rebellion in Tanganyika (1mk)
10. Give two ways in which the ex-soldiers of World War II contributed to the
struggle for independence in Kenya (2mks)
11.Give one economic problem experienced by the British colonialists in Nigeria
(1mk)
12. Identify two treaties signed by lewanika during their collaboration with the
British (2mks)
13.Name the European power that colonized Zimbabwe (1mk)
14.Name the engineer who led in the construction of the Uganda railway (1mk)
15.Identify one education commissions established in Kenya before independence
(1mk)
16. Identify two members of the African elected members’ organization (AEMO)
(2mks)
17.Give one contribution of Thomas Mboya during the struggle for independence
in Kenya(1mk)
SECTION B (45MARKS)
18 a) Give three benefits of domestication of animals by the early man. (3mks)
b) Explain six solutions to food shortage in Africa and other third world countries
(12mks)
19a). Name three symbols of authority in Buganda kingdom during the
precolonial period(3mks)
b) Describe the social organization of the Shona during the precolonial period
(12mks)
20 a). State five reasons why the Nandi were defeated by the British during their
resistance(5MKS)
b). Explain five ways in which the construction of Uganda railway promoted
economic development in Kenya during the colonial period (10mks)
SECTION C (30MARKS)
21 a) State three methods used by the Africans in Kenya to air their grievances
against the British (3mks)
b) Explain six roles played by women in the struggle for independence in Kenya
(12mks)
22 a) State three political reforms initiated by President Fredrick de clerk that led
to the end of apartheid rule in south Africa (3mks)
b) Explain six reasons why Mozambique lagged behind in attaining her
independence from Portugal (12mks)
