cameroon gce O level June 2024 history 2

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cameroon gce O level June 2024 history 2

SECTION A
CAMEROON SINCE 1850
Question one is compulsory. Answer cither I A* or IB* and one other Question from this section.
Either
study this extract bearing on German occupation and administration of Cameroon ( 1884-1 )16) and
answer question a-e which follow . The maximum marksfor each sub question is indicated in the brackets
The intense scramble for Cameroon in the 1880’s by some European powers ended with the signing of an annexation
treaty in July 1884.
The German official who championed this achievement for his country was… Then followed the appointment of an
interim commissioner pending the establishment of a permanent German colonial government in the territory.
In 1885, a pioneer Governor for Cameroon was appointed, who expanded German influence into the interior while 5
German missionaries also implanted themselves in the territory.
Native reactions to German colonisation of their land was mixed, while, some favoured the Germans, others
vehemently rejected them.
In 1895 a ruthless and brutal Governor was appointed for the territory. During his rule, several innovations were
undertaken.
Examples included the development of plantations and the establishment of German trading concessions ; that
traded with the Bamileke and Bamum and the other that traded with the Ewondo and Bulu people.
In 1906. a Douala chief petitioned this Governor to the German government in Berlin for his administrative excesses.
These complaints were investigated and some were found to be true.
This Governor was recalled, tried and found guilty. He was dismissed and sentenced to prison.
The natives found favour in the new Governor who replaced the sentenced one.
Some scholars consider German rule to have been a mixed blessing to the natives whose endurance with the
Germans abruptly ended in 1916.
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Source: Adopted from Germans in the Cameroons by Harry Rudin 1938.
Identify one European power that hotly contested the Scramble for Cameroon mentioned in
line I
Write down the name of the German official mentioned in line 3 who championed the
annexation.
Identify the Interim Commissioner mentioned in line 4 before the arrival of the German
Governor.
Who was the pioneer German Governor for Cameroon mentioned in line 5?
(a) 0)

Give two reasons for the expansion of German influence into the interior.
Name an ethnic group that reacted positively to the German penetration and occupation and
state the reason.
(b) (i)
(ii)
(iii) Identify an ethnic group that reacted negatively to the German occupation and reason.
(2+2+2 marks)
Identify the ruthless and brutal German Governor mentioned in line 9
Apart from plantations and trade State any other two positive developments carried out by the
Governor mentioned in c (i)
(c) (i)
(ii)
( 1+2 marks)
Who was the prominent Douala ruler that petitioned the Governor in c (i) to the German
Government.
(d) (i)
State any ruthless policy adapted by the Governor.
Who replaced the dismissed Governor?
Give one reason why the natives found favour with the new Governor

State the event that led to the abrupt end of German rule.
What legacy did the Germans leave in Cameroon before their abrupt departure?
(e) (i)
(ii)
( 1+2 marks)