CONCORDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL
HISTORY
FORM 2
END TERM 2, 2025
MARKING SCHEME
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
SECTION A (40 Marks)
1) Give five Importance of studying government. (5mks)
a) It helps us to appreciate the importance of government.
b) Helps us understand how laws are made and enforced
c) Helps us understand the organs of the state and the powers vested in them
d) Helps us understand how government raises and spends revenue.
e) Helps us compare our government system with other systems of government in other countries.
f) Understand how development policies are formulated and implemented.
g) It makes us know our roles as citizens and the roles of the leaders who govern us. This makes better
law-abiding citizens.
h) Its study helps us understand our responsibilities as well as the limitations within which they must
operate for the well-being of every member of the society.
i) It helps us appreciate the constitution and the process of making and reviewing laws and statutes.
j) It influences career choices. For example, those who choose to specialize in public administration
will find the study of government very useful.
2) State three Advantages of oral traditions as a source of information.(3mks)
a. Oral traditions hands over historical facts from one generation to another in the absence of written records.
b. It is the best source of historical information since even the illiterate can learn their history using oral traditions
c. It is also a form of entertainment. For example through songs, folktales stories and proverbs, people get
entertained.
d. It complements other sources of information.
The source of information is captivating especially if it is narrated by a person who participated in the event himself.
For example an Ex- World War II veteran narrating about the war
3)Give three Reasons for the beginning of agriculture (3mks)
a) There was increase in human population which led to increase in demand for food. The environment
could not provide adequate and regular food.
b) There was increasing aridity due to climatic changes that threatened plant and animal life. This meant
that man could not rely on the environment for food.
c) Competition for food developed between human beings and animals leading to inadequate wild food.
d) Hunting and gathering was becoming tiresome as people had to wander over a large area to get
adequate food.
e) At times crops and animals were destroyed by natural calamities such as fire and floods.
4). Identify five method used by archaeologist to determine the age of an artifact.(5mks)
Use of carbon 14 dating method.
Use of potassium-argon dating method.
Use of lexico-statistics dating.
Use of stratigraphy/relative dating method
Use of fission-track method.
Use of geological
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5). Give the main reason why the period of early man is referred to as the Stone Age.(1mk)
The early man made his tools and weapons mainly from stone
6)State five reasons why early people domesticated crops and animals during the Neo-lithic period
(5mks)
- Due to increased human population more food was required.
- There was competition for food between human beings and animals.
- Over hunting depleted stocks of animals on which human beings relied on for food.
- Hunting and gathering was tedious.
- Calamities such as bush fire/floods destroyed vegetation/drove away animals.
- Some crops and animals had economic value.
- Animals were domesticated to provide security.
- There was a change in climate which caused aridity/weather sometimes hindered gathering and hunting.
(5 x 1 = 5mks
7)State three Methods used by archaeologists and paleontologists in discovering a
historical site.(3mks)
-By looking at areas where tectonic forces (faulting) or erosion have occurred.
-Use of vision..
-Use of historical research.
-Use of experience..
-During cultivation and building construction, farmers and builders may accidentally expose ancient objects that
could arouse the curios
8. State two distinct characteristics of Homo Erectus. (2 marks)
- Was upright/ bipedal or walked on two legs.
- The brain capacity was ranged from 700cc and 1250 cc./ Had higher thinking capacity.
- Had more developed speech than earlier creatures
- Had more developed hand for grasping objects
- Had long skull
- Had protruding jaws.
9. Give the name of the tools made by early man during the New Stone Age period (1 mark)
Microlithic tools.
10) State three uses of stone tools by early people during the old stone age period.(3mks)
(i) For skinning animals after hunting
(ii) For digging up roots
(iii) For cutting meat
(iv) For sharpening bones/wood
(v) For scrapping animal skins
(vi) For killing animals during hunting
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11) Identify the main source of information on Pre-history. (1 mark)
(i) Oral tradition
12. Name two sources of information on History and Government (3mks).
Written sources
Unwritten sources
Electronic sources
13. Name one of the earliest inhabitants of Kenya. (1mk)
Khoisan
14.Name one source of information on the creation theory. (1 mark)
Bible
Quran
15.Give one reason why early man lived on trees.
- Security
- look for more food /more source of food
16. Identify three disadvantages of written sources of information on history and government of
Kenya. (3 Mks)
- Relies on oral tradition and archeology to reconstructs.
- Authors may omit essential information.
- Authors may be biased.
- Information may be misinterpreted by the reader
- Limited to the literate
- Written information may become obsolete
- Some written information may be inaccessible/confidential government information
