HISTORY END SEMESTER EXAM YEAR 7

HISTORY END SEMESTER EXAM YEAR 7 EXAMINATION RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. Read all questions and answer all questions in the provided spaces 2. Submit your answers in the stipulated time period of 1hr 15 minutes 3. Ensure you re-join in zoom after the first 40 minutes elapses and ensure your video is on all through until you have fully submitted your answers online. 4. Observe exam discipline code failure to any indiscipline will be counted as examination irregularity which shall call the cancellation of the whole paper.

QUESTION ONE Much of the information provided in our contemporary societies about the ancient societies is provided by historians. Historians have tried dug into issues of the past and have relayed to us the information about the past in the chronological manner. Historians tries to show us how leaders were emerged in the society and how they used their authority to overrule their society or use democracy as their tool in ruling. Therefore to us today we accredit the efforts of historians who toil and moil to provide us with the relevant facts we need about history of the past. Chronology is of great help to historians for facts are shown in the manner in which they happened and this helps us avoid confusions on which event came before or after the other. Because of the influence of historians to many learners in their notable works learners have choose to specialize in history as their field of study. Could it not be history, some could not be able to understand some important aspects of other disciplines related to history like the study on the origin of x-rays and why were they given this name x-ray. Archaeologists also through the study of man’s past remain have also provided important information on the past as tabled in the written sources. Majority of the written records on the history of England is contained in monks and chronicles documentations. Use the above extract and what you have learnt to answer the questions as follows. 1a.Define the following terms. 6mks i. History ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ii. Chronology ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

iii. Archeology ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iv. Historian ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. v. Information ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1b. Discuss five reasons why it is important for a learner to study history as a subject. 10mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1c. Discuss two reasons why chronology matters to a learner and any historians 4mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1d. Discuss two sources of information on history 4mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1e. Discuss any two written sources of information as indicated in the above excerpt 6mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION TWO Before battling of England with the Hastings England was a Land of huge forests and had great open fields, villages and small towns and it was part of Roman empire since 43-410AD when it was left defenceless after Rome left out. The political unrest of Rome that deepened in AD 410 made the king become enthusiastic to decree the return of the Roman army to their home because, the Northern tribes which later invaded England wanted to take advantage of Rome’s weakened state and siege it. For several decades majority of the Roman population had migrated to foreign countries and this left Rome with a small population hence it could not be able to defend herself in case of any invasion. Answer the following questions using the extract what you acquired in class. 2a.Discuss the three Northern tribes that wanted to attack Rome but later attacked England 450 AD 6mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2b. Use five reasons and discuss the Nature of England before its battling with the Hastings 10mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2c. Discuss two reasons that attracted the Northern tribes to attack Rome 4mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2d. Explain a reason why the Roman Soldiers evacuated from the English premises in 410 AD 4mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2c.By the year 1042 England was peacefully united under one and had greatly flourished its important sectors of her economy. I. Who was the first king of England? 2mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Name any two sectors that had already flourished in England in the year 1042 4mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION THREE The Sutton Hoo Burial 1939 archeologists excavated a grassy mound a Sutton hoo in Suffolk. They discovered a huge and Anglo-Saxon ship that had been dragged inland and laid in a trench and they compared it with burial ships in Scandinavia and concluded that the ship was used as a burial place. Inside the ship there gold, silver, bowls, and brooches, spoons, swords, coins, and all kinds of treasure. The items were put there because people believed that the dead person could use them for the next life. Archeologists also believed that this was where Rearward king of east Angalia was buried in AD625 Inside the ship the buckle made of gold and the complicated designs involve animals and birds. There was also iron helmet with a beautifully decorated face mask. This shows scenes of war, such as a warrior on a horse trampling enemy. Archeologist also reveal the handle pointer stick used for following words when someone was reading a book.it was made from gold rock crystal and enamel.it was found in 1963 near Athelney in Somerset a stronghold of king Alfred. Around the watch it was Alfred had made me hence called king Alfred jewel.

3a. State five archeological remains shown in the above source 5mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3b. Use the above archeological source to indicate five socio-economic and political practices of the Anglo-Saxon England. 10mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3c.Discuss one religious aspect revealed in the above source that shows whether this people were religious 3mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3d.Name one king who is said to have been buried inside that ship 2mks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

QUESTION FOUR Edward had no children when he died, but before on his deathbed promised the throne to Harold Godwinson the most powerful noble in England. The witans agreed that he should be the next king. On 6th he was crowned to be the king. That should be the end of the matter but it wasn’t .Two other men each believed they had a rightful claim to the throne of England, and would stop at nothing to get it. Whoever was to become the next had to meet the demands that made a good medieval king. It was necessary that he should follow the rules of succession meant for the next kingship. Answer the following questions using excerpt above and what you have learnt in class. 4a. Who did the King of England pronounce as the next king of England while on his deathbed? 2mks 4b. Apart from the king pronouncing one as the next king who else needed to support one in order to become the king. 2mks 4c. Apart from Harold Godwinson, name two other who believed they had a rightful claim to the throne of England. 2mks 4d. State two rules of Kingship succession in England. 2mks 4e. what was the link of Harold Godwinson to the throne of English? 2mks 4f. State five features that made a good medieval monarch. 10mks