Ordinary level 2026 North West mock history 2
Ordinary level 2026 North West mock history 2
Here is the extracted data from the eighth image, which appears to be a history document-based question (DBQ) adapted from Victor Julius Ngoh’s book on Cameroon history.
Source: Adapted from Cameroon: 1884-1985: A Hundred Years of History by Victor Julius Ngoh.
Questions
a) * i) Name the two Duala kings who wrote the petition to the British Monarch in 1879 (line 3).
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ii) Identify by name the British Monarch to whom the petition of 1879 was written (line 3).
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iii) Give two reasons why the Douala kings petitioned the British to annex the territory in 1879 and 1881 (line 2). (2+1+2 marks)
b) * i) Write down the name of the British Consular official who was charged with carrying out Consular activities in the area in the 1880s (line 7).
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ii) Give two reasons why Her Majesty’s Government turned a deaf ear to all the demands for the annexation of Cameroon (line 5)? (1+2 marks)
c) * i) Write the name of the head of the German envoy dispatched to annex Cameroon in 1884 (line 9).
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ii) Identify the sister German firm in Cameroon (line 11) to the Karl Woermann Trading Firm.
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iii) Give two reasons why the letter written to the agent of the Karl Woermann firm (line 10) was confidential. (1+1+2 marks)
d) * i) Who was the German Kaiser mentioned in line 16?
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ii) Give any two advantages (line 15) the Duala kings and chiefs were to gain if annexed by the Germans. (1+2 marks)
e) Although Britain failed to annex Cameroon, today she still maintains good relations with Cameroon;
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i) Name an international organization headed by Britain to which Cameroon is a member.
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ii) What physical legacies of German rule are found in Cameroon today? The Duala kings signed the Germano-Douala Treaty with the Germans on behalf of their people;
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iii) Write down two important roles traditional rulers in Cameroon play in relating their people with the government or administration? (1+2+2 marks)
You’ve built quite the archive of academic materials today! Since this section references specific line numbers, would you like me to help you draft the source text (the passage itself) that would typically accompany these questions?
