FORM TWO PRE-NECTA SERIES No.03 HISTORY

INTERSECONDARY SCHOOLS EXAMINATION SERIES

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FORM TWO PRE-NECTA SERIES No.03

HISTORY

TIME 2:30 HOURS August 2025

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. This paper consist of section A, B and C with the total of ten (10) questions

2. Answer all questions

3. Section A carries fifteen (15) marks

4. All writing must be in blue or black ink

5. Write your Examination number at the top right Conner of every page

SECTION A (15 Marks)

Answer ALL questions from this section

1. For each of the following items i-x choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and

write its letter in the box provided

(i) The students of Mandela secondary school paid a visit to a special building where historical

artifacts and other artistic object are kept. This building is known as…

(A) Oral tradition

(B) Anthropology

(D) Achieves

(ii) The following are the methods of dating historical events except

(A) Creation theory

(B) By study language

(D) Carbon 14

(iii) Man started to domesticate plants and animals during the;

(A) Middle stone age

(B) Late stone age

(D) Old stone age

(iv) The series of war between Xhosa and Boers were known as;

(A) Mfecane war

(B) The kaffir war

(D) Vegkop war

(v) Archival information can be accessed on two main ways which are manual archives and ……

(A) Smart archives

(B) Documentary archives

(D) Digital archives

(vi) A book of "The Periplus of the Earythream Sea" which was among the written records in

the form of books written by

(A) A German Traders

(B) Britain

(D) Portuguese Traders

(vii) My grandfather used to tell me about the past events occurred when he was young. Which

source of information used by him

(A) Anthropology

(B) Historical sites

(D) Achieves

(viii) The following are the examples of matrilineal societies in East Africa except?

(A) Yao and Makonde

(B) Teuso and Maasai

(D) Mwera and Kamba

(ix) Although it was accidental for the Dutch to settle in the South Africa, but later the intruders

lived at the cape in order to:

(A) Kill animals for fresh meat

(B) Provide base for white colonization of south Africa

(D) To stop Mfecane wars in south Africa

(x) Salt was the important items in the pre-colonial Africa with various functions such as food

preservation and treating wounds, Egyptians for example used salt to preserve dead people.

This method was commonly known as

A) Sedentalism

(B) Mummification

(D) Shadoof

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2. Match the items in list A with those from list B by writing the correct letter against the

corresponding question number

LIST A

LIST B

(i)

A name of the trade that involved the exchange of goods

between the people of Northern and Western Africa

(ii)

A name given to the trade that involved Africa, America

and Europe

(iii)

A name given to process of exchanging goods for goods

(iv)

The name given to the process of exchanging goods

between people living in the same village

(v)

The process that involved the exchange of goods between

the two geographical region

A. Trans-Atlantic Trade

B. Legitimate trade

C. Local trade

D. Slave trade

E. Long distance trade

F. Barter trade

G. Early contact trade

H. Trans-Saharan trade

LIST A

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LIST B

SECTION B (70 Marks)

Answer ALL questions from this section

3. Briefly explain the following terms;

Feudal Lord

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Ubugabire

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Zinjanthropus

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Microliths

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Kin ship

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…………………………………………………………………………………………….4. Outline five techniques used by the British to occupy the Cape:

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5. Why Sultan Seyyid Said shifted his capital from Muscat Oman to Zanzibar?

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6. Briefly answer the following questions:

{i} How would you defend the fact that "Museums are great significance in our society"

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ii} What is the role played by elders in in imparting Historical information to young

Generation

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{iii} How do you relate iron technology and the discovery of fire in the History of Man's

technological development

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{iv} Show how the contents of the theory of evolution contradicts with the theory of creation of

man

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{v} Show how the monsoon winds were important to the early traders

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7. Arrange the following sentence in a chronological order by writing number 1 to 5 below the

corresponding position in the table provide

i. At the stage of Homo sapiens, man began crop cultivation and animal's husbandry to

supplement hunting and gathering

ii. Darwin's theory suggest that man's species have been evolving gradually lower stage to

higher stage

iii. The origin of man has been a controversial issue among the historians especial when and

how man came into existence

iv. The evolution theory suggests that members of Australopithecus family which lived during

the early stone age could make tools

v. The discovery of fire during the middle stone age enabled Homo erectus to eat roasted food

ANSWER

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8. Briefly explain the usefulness of archaeology to the development of our nation

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9. Differentiate the following historical terms.

i. Museums and Historical sites

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ii. Moran and Laibon

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iii. Permanent cultivation and shifting cultivation

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iv. Ngoni migration and Boers Trek

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v. Slavery and Slave trade.

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SECTION C: (15 Marks)

10. "Pre-colonial African societies involved in the system of exchange at local and regional

Level.'' With vivid examples from the long distance trade in East and West Africa. Show

Five factors contributed to the development of trade in pre- Colonia Africa.

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Imeandaliwa na:

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