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SECTION A (20 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. For each of the items (i) - (xv), choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and
write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
(i) What are the major types of oral traditions?
A Museums and archives
B Poems and proverbs
C Historical sites and narration of events
D Archaeology and museum
E Cultural practices and narration of events
(ii) Why is Charles Darwin famous in history?
A He discovered pebbles and chopping tools.
B He discovered the fossil of man’s ancestors.
C He introduced the theory of creation.
D He discovered the remains of old people.
E He introduced the theory of evolution.
(iii) What was the most common method of farming in pre-colonial Africa?
A Mixed farming B Plantation agriculture
C Shifting cultivation D Slash and burn cultivation
E Permanent crop cultivation
(iv) As a historian, which one would you consider as Prince Henry’s main aims in organizing the
Portuguese voyages to West and East African coasts?
A Acquiring raw materials, markets and cheap labour
B Acquiring colonies, raw materials and markets
C Spreading Christianity, adventure, and trade
D Establishing processing industries, markets and raw materials
E Abolishing slave trade, slavery and introduction of legitimate trade
(v) What took place in Europe between the 1750s and 1850s?
A Industrial revolution B Scramble for Africa C Mercantile capitalism D
Emergence of slave trade.
E Monopoly capitalism
(vi) Colonialism was established through