Ordinary level 2025 North West regional mock history 2
Ordinary level 2025 North West regional mock history 2
SECTION A
CAMEROON SINCE 1850
Question ONE is compulsory. Answer either or and one other Question from this section. Either this extract on events leading to the annexation of Cameroon, German colonization and the end of German rule and then answer questions (a) to (e) which follow (The maximum mark for each sub question is indicated in brackets)
On the 7th of August 1879, a Douala chief led his colleagues to write a letter to a British Queen 1 requesting a British annexation of Cameroon. In March 1881 another Cameroon Coastal chief wrote a second letter through Edward Hyde Hewett still asking for a British annexation. Unfortunately, both letters were not replied by the British. In November 1881 two Douala chiefs wrote to the British Head of government requesting a British annexation. Despite the fact that 5 the kings advanced a good number of reasons why they wanted their territory to be annexed by the British, no reply was given. In 1882 the British Head of Government promised to look into the issue of annexation later. As the British were hesitating, the Germans decided to take action For this reason, in April 1884 the German Chancellor and the German Kaiser decided to send a team to the coast of West Africa with the objective to make arrangements for the German 10 annexation of Cameroon. At the same time the British queen changed her mind in favour of the annexation of Cameroon and Consul Hewett was sent to carry out the assignment. When he reached Fernando Po he met a British Naval official and gave him some treaty forms to cross over to Cameroon and start negotiations with the Cameroon coastal chiefs as he moved over to Nigeria for a similar exercise. Hewett was to leave Nigeria before coming to Cameroon, but he 15 delayed and was overtaken by a German warship carrying the team sent by the German Government to annex Cameroon. The Germans established a protectorate in Cameroon…after having deceived and outmaneuvered the British diplomatically Between 1884 and 1914, they expanded and consolidated their hold on the territory By 1914, the Germans had successfully taken the step towards uniting the coastal and inland ethnic groups into a single cohesive modern nation.
When the First World War broke out… Allied forces invaded German Cameroon. They captured the town of Douala from the Germans. They eventually captured Yaoundé and besieged the German forces in the Mora Fort. The departure of Zimmermann and Ebermaier signaled the end of German rule in Cameroon. Following the defeat of Germany, Lancelot Oliphant and Georges Picot partitioned former German Cameroon
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Source: Adapted from Chiambah, M. R: An Integrated History since 1850 for G. C. E OL Candidates a) i) Who was the Douala chief (line 1) that led his colleagues to write an annexation letter to the British Queen? ii) Identify the head of the British government mentioned in line 5 who received a joint letter of annexation from the two Douala chiefs in November 1881.
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iii) Give two reasons why Britain developed little interest to annex Cameroon before 1884 b) i) Name two German firms that were very instrumental in the German annexation of Cameroon. (ii) What name was given to the agreement signed by the German traders and the Douala chiefs that transferred their sovereignty to the Germans? iii) Give two ways by which the Germans consolidated their hold on the territory as stated in line 20
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c) i) Identify an inland ethnic group that aided the Germans in achieving the task of uniting Cameroonians into a modern nation (line 21). ii) Give the name of one coastal ethnic group that resisted the German moves of creating a modern nation, as described in the passage iii) Give two reasons why ethnic groups resisted German penetration and colonial rule.
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TRUNY NOWEHTA 9360 P2MOCK 2025
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