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This document contains a marking scheme for a history and government exam for Form One students at St. Bernard Kakurikit Secondary School. The marking scheme lists 15 multiple choice and short answer questions assessing definitions of key terms, identification of historical figures, groups, sites, and sources of information on Kenyan history and government. It also includes two essay questions on factors promoting national unity in Kenya and goods exchanged and slave obtaining methods during the Trans-Saharan and Trans-Atlantic trades.

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This document contains a marking scheme for a history and government exam for Form One students at St. Bernard Kakurikit Secondary School. The marking scheme lists 15 multiple choice and short answer questions assessing definitions of key terms, identification of historical figures, groups, sites, and sources of information on Kenyan history and government. It also includes two essay questions on factors promoting national unity in Kenya and goods exchanged and slave obtaining methods during the Trans-Saharan and Trans-Atlantic trades.

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ST.

BERNARD KAKURIKIT SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM ONE

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

TERM 1 END TERM EXAM – 2023

MARKING SCHEME
SECTION A (20MKS)

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Define the government. (2mks)

 Refers to the political and administrative structure of a state.

2. Name two oral sources of information on history and government. (2mks)

 Legends
 Myths
 Songs
 Proverbs

3. Define the term citizenship. (2mks)

 The legal right that an individual has to belong to a given country or nation.

4. Identify two main methods of trade. (2mks)

 Currency trade
 Barter trade

6. Name the highest court in Kenya today. (1mk)

 The supreme court

7. Name two groups of the Luo who migrated and settled into Kenya. (2mks)

 Joka-jok
 Joka-owiny

9. Name two Christian missionaries at work in Kenya by the 19th century. (2mks)

 Ludwig craft
 Johann Rebmann

10. Give one environmental reason for the migration of Cushite into Kenya. (1mk)

 Natural calamities eg floods

12. Apart from Fort Ternan, name two other sites out of Kenya. (2mks)

 Omo valley in Ethiopia


 Olduvai gorge in Tanzania

14. State one source of information on history and government (1mk)


 Linguistics
 Archaeology

15. Who is the current cabinet secretary of education. (1mk)

 Ezekiel Machogu

SECTION B (30mks)

20. (a) State THREE symbols of National unity. (3mks)

 National flag
 National anthem
 National awards
 Coat of arms
 Loyalty pledge

(b) Discuss SIX factors that promote National unity. (12mks)

 Education
 National language
 The presidency
 Political parties
 Fair distribution of resources
 Equal employment

22. (a) Identify Five animals that were used for transport in the past. (5mks)

 Elephants
 Water buffalo
 Reindeer
 Dogs
 Camels
 Mules
 Llamas

(b) Explain the advantages of road transport. (10mks)

 Its cheap over short distances.


 Faster compared to water and rail.
 Roads are flexible.
 Reduces the cost of movement.
 Cheaper to construct than railways.

23. (a) State the goods that were exchanged during the Trans Saharan trade. (5mks)

 Gold
 Slaves
 Kola nuts
 Hides and skins
 Ivory
 Gum

(b) Identify and explain ways that were used to obtain slaves during the Trans-Atlantic Trade. (10mks)

 Selling of domestic slaves in exchange for goods like beads.


 Prisoners of war could be sold off.
 Porters were sometimes kidnapped, transported and sold off to the Arab traders.
 Raiding of villages.
 Tax offenders were sold off by the African chiefs.
 Through ambushes during hunting, travelling and gardening.
 Through intertribal wars.

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