Grade 6 Social Studies Revision Paper With Answers

Quick answer: it covers the position of Eastern African countries, physical features and how they formed, climate and vegetation, historic built environments such as Fort Jesus, language groups, population, culture, beef farming, fishing, transport, mining, traditional government, the East African Community, citizenship, conflict resolution, government revenue and the Preamble of the Constitution. The first five questions are free.

Grade 6 Social Studies moves from Kenya to the whole Eastern Africa region. School end term papers vary, but most use one-mark multiple-choice items plus a few map questions. Our paper uses multiple-choice questions written from the strands in the Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum design listed on the KICD Grade 6 curriculum designs page. Social Studies is also part of the combined Creative Arts and Social Studies paper in the KPSEA assessment, so this is useful revision for the year ahead.

• Natural and built environments: the Equator and capital cities, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Great Rift Valley, Lake Victoria, climatic regions, Kakamega Forest and coastal mangroves.
• Historic built environments: Fort Jesus, which the UNESCO World Heritage listing for Fort Jesus, Mombasa records was built by the Portuguese in 1593 to 1596.
• People and social organisation: Bantu, Nilotic and Cushitic language groups, population density, age-sets and clans.
• Resources and economic activities: beef farming and the Boran breed, marine and inland fishing, the Standard Gauge Railway, mobile communication and soda ash at Lake Magadi.
• Political systems and governance: the Kabaka of Buganda, the EAC headquarters in Arusha, a good citizen’s responsibilities, negotiation, the Kenya Revenue Authority and the opening words of the Preamble in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 on Kenya Law.

Question: Give two reasons why the Lake Victoria basin has a high population density.

Model answer: The area has fertile soils that support farming. It receives reliable rainfall, and the lake provides water and fish. Each reason is a full sentence linked to how people make a living. Examiners give a mark per correct reason, so two short, clear sentences beat one long paragraph.

Use a map every time. Ask your child to point to each country, lake and mountain named in a question. The map of Eastern Africa is the backbone of the Grade 6 course.

Link features to how they formed. A simple two-column list helps: faulting (Rift Valley, Lake Naivasha basin) and volcanicity (Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elgon).

Connect governance to daily life. Taxes pay for the roads, schools and hospitals your child sees. That link makes revenue and citizenship questions easy to answer in their own words.

• Saying Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Eastern Africa. It is Mount Kilimanjaro.
• Calling Friesian or Jersey cattle beef breeds. They are dairy breeds; the Boran is the common beef breed.
• Confusing age-sets (people initiated together) with clans (families with a common ancestor).
• Placing the EAC headquarters in Nairobi instead of Arusha.

The first five questions are free without an account. The full paper, timer, all explanations and saved scores open with the KSh 20 Day Pass or the KSh 500 Monthly Pass.

Read the Grade 6 Social Studies revision guide and the Grade 6 map reading revision first, then try more papers on the Grade 6 revision papers page and the KPSEA practice papers. Daily quick quizzes are in the Grade 6 CBC Challenge.

What is covered in Grade 6 Social Studies?

Natural and built environments in Eastern Africa, people and social organisation, resources and economic activities, political systems, and citizenship and governance.

Is Social Studies examined in KPSEA?

Yes. KPSEA combines Creative Arts and Social Studies in one paper, so Grade 6 Social Studies topics are useful revision for it.

Does this paper include map work?

It includes location questions on Eastern Africa. For full map skills such as scale, compass direction and keys, use our Grade 6 map reading revision.

Is this an official exam paper?

No. It is an original CBC Guide practice paper written from the Grade 6 curriculum design, not a KNEC, leaked or predicted paper.