H SYLBS F2

History

Form 2 syllabus.

1.   Interactions among the people of Africa

                    i.      Social and Economic Factors for Interactions

§ Explain the social factors which gave rise to interactions among the people of Africa

§Explain the economic factors that gave Rise to the interactions among the people of Africa

§Explain the impact of the economic interactions

ii.            The Coming of the Ngoni

§  Explain the causes of the Ngoni migration

§  Explain the social, political and economic effects of the Ngoni migration

   2.      Social-Economic Development And Production In Pre-Colonial Africa

                                i.         Social Organisation and Production

§  Explain the meaning of social organization and production

                              ii.         Types of Social Organisations and Production; Communalism

§  Explain the meaning and origins of communalism in Africa

§  Explain the meaning and origins of slavery in Africa

§  Explain the features of slavery as well as the use of slaves

                            iii.         Feudalism

§  Explain the meaning and origins of feudalism in Africa

§  Explain how production was organized under feudalism

§  Assess the merits and demerits of the system of power sharing under feudalism

    3.      African And The External World

i.            Early Contacts with the Middle East and Far East

§  Explain the social and economic motives of the contacts between Africa, middle east and far east

§  Identify the major commodities which were exchanged during the contacts between Africa, middle east and far east

§  Explain the social and economic effects of the contacts between the people of Africa the middle and far east

ii.            Contacts with Europe (The Portuguese, Dutch Settlement at the Cape)

§  Explain the social and economic motives of the contacts between Africa and the Portuguese

§  Identify the commodities which were exchanged during the contacts

§  Explain the social and economic impact of the Portuguese to Africa

§  Explain the reasons for the fall of the Portuguese rule in East Africa and its impact

iii.            Dutch Settlement at the Cape

§  Explain the motives of the Dutch settlement at the Cape

§  Discuss the impact of Dutch settlement at the Cape

iv.            Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean Sea-Board and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

§  Explain the reasons for the expansion of slave trade in the Indian ocean sea-board from the 18th century

§  Explain the techniques used to get slaves

§  Assess the social and economic effects of slave trade on the African societies

§  Assess the psychological effects of slavery on its victims

§  Explain the origins and impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in Africa

   4.      Industrial Capitalism

        i.   Demands of Industrial Capitalism

§Explain the meaning of industrial capitalism

§Explain the demands of industrial capitalism

      ii.   Agents of Industrial Capitalism

§Explain the roles of the agents of industrial capitalism in preparing Africa for colonization

    iii.   Abolition of Slave Trade

§Explain the reasons for the abolition of slave trade

§Assess the tactics used during the abolition of slave trade

§Assess the social and economic effects of the abolition of slave trade

    iv.   British Occupation of South Africa via the Cape

§Explain the motives for the British interests at the Cape

§Assess the tactics used by the British to occupy the Cape

§Explain the reasons for the Boer trek

§Assess the effects of the Boer trek