ZIMSEC O LEVEL HISTORY PAPER 2 JUNE 2025
TIME 2 Hours
ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS
1 (a) Identify any five skilled people in Egypt . [5]
(b) Oulline any six agricultural activities carricd out by the people of Ancient Egypt [12]
(c) To what extent did leaders in Ancient Egypt promote democracy? [8]
2 (a) Name any five slave abolitionists. [5]
(b) Describe any six economic changes in Europe which necessitated the abolition of slavery and Slave Trade. [12]
( c) How far were humanitarian concerns largely responsible for the abolition of slavery and Slave Trade. [8]
3 (a) State any five gains that the European powers obtained from their colonies [5]
(b) Give an account of any six events of the Moroccan Crisis of 1911. .[12]
(c )Should Austria be blamed for the Bosnian crisis of 1908?Explain your answer. [8]
4 (a) Name any five nations that fought against the Axis powers during the First World War. [5]
(b) Outline any six features of the Schlieffen plan of 1914. [12]
(c) Was this German plan of attack successful?Explain your answer. [8]
5 (a) List any three territories in the Pacific and any two territories in Africa that were lost by Germany through the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. [5]
(b) Describe any six factors that influenced the terms of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. [12]
(c) To what extent did Africa benefit from the provisions of the Paris Peace settlement of 1919? [8]
6 (a) State any five of Wilson's 14 points on self-determination. [5]
(b) Give an account of any six disputes between European powers which were settled by the League of Nations in the 1920s. [12]
(c) How successful was the League of Nations in promoting disarmament in Europe? [8]
7 (a) Identify any five agricultural gains of Mussolini. [5]
(b) Describe any six agricultural policies adopted by Mussolini between 1922 and 1939. [12]
(c)How far did the Italians benefit from Mussolini's Educational policies? [8]
8 (a) Give any five reasons why Jews were persecuted in Germany., [5]
(b) Outline any six methods used by Hitler to eliminate resistance to Nazism in Germany . [12]
(c)To what extent did Weimar politicians contribute to the collapse of the Weimar Republic? [8]
9(a) State any five European leaders who were involved in the Second World War. [5]
(b) Give an account of any six causes of the Second World War. [12]
(c)To what extent can Russia be blamed for the outbreak of the Second World War? [8]
10 (a) State any five countries fought by Germany during the Lightning war. [5]
(b) Describe any six features of Lightning war during Second World War. [12]
(c)How far did Germany’s miscalculations contribute to its defeat by Russia during the Second World War! [8]
11(a) Name any five European countries which were members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (N.A.T.O)before 1952. [5]
(b) Outline any six measures taken by the United States of America (U.S.A) to win the Cold War between 1917 and 1953. [12]
(c) To what extent did glasnost and perestroika lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union ? [8]
12(a) State any five aims of the Southern African Development Community (S.A.D.C)at its formation. [5]
(b) Give an account of any six economic factors affecting SADC as a regional organization.[12]
(c )Has SADC been successful in promoting human rights in the region? Explain your answer. [8]
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