NSC Exam, History P1, Nov 2013
Assignment Type: Revision Paper
Total Marks: Unmarked
Instructions. - 1. This question paper consists of FOUR sections based on the prescribed content as contained in the guideline document.2. Each section counts 75 marks, of which 45 marks are allocated to the source- based question and 30 marks to the extended writing question.3. Candidates are required to answer any TWO sections..
Information. - When answering questions, candidates should apply their knowledge, skills and insight. A mere rewriting of the sources as answers will disadvantage candidates.
Section 1 - WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE COLD WAR IN FORMING THE WORLD AS IT WAS IN THE 1960s? • USSR/USA – Creating spheres of interest: Focus on Cuba HOW DID THE DETECTION OF SOVIET MISSILES IN CUBA BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) INTENSIFY COLD WAR TENSIONS IN THE 1960s?
Marks: 75
Question 1:


  • Study Source 1A  Why do you think this photograph was taken? (1 x 2) (2) 


Attached Resource:
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Question 2:

Sudy Source 1A



  • Using the information in the photograph and your own knowledge, explain how the reputation (status) of the USSR was affected. (Visual source) (1 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 3:

Study Source 1A



  • Explain the limitations of this photograph for a historian researching the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Visual source) (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 4:

Study Source 1A(2)



  • Why do you think the information in the written source may be regarded as biased? Support your answer by using relevant evidence from the source. (1 x 3) 

Attached Resource:
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Question 5:

Study Source 1A and 1A(2)



  • How does the written source support the visual source regarding the deployment of Soviet missiles in Cuba? Support your answer with relevant reasons. (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 6:

Study Source 1B



  • Why do you think Kennedy and Dobrynin decided to talk? (2 x 2)    

Attached Resource:
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Question 7:

Study Source 1B



  • Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain Dobrynin's reference to Turkey. (1 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 8:

Study Source 1B


Explain why a historian would consider this telegram to be



  • a reliable piece of evidence when researching the Cuban Missile Crisis. (2 x 2) 

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Question 9:

Study Source 1C



  • Explain the messages regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis that are conveyed in the cartoon. (2 x 2) 

Attached Resource:
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Question 10:

Study Source 1C


Refer to the caption in the cartoon: 'THIS HURTS ME MORE THAN IT HURTS YOU!'



  • Why do you think Khrushchev responded in this manner? Use the visual clues in the cartoon to support your answer. (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 11:

Study Source 1C




Explain how the following persons would have reacted after viewing this cartoon:


  • (a) A communist living in Cuba

  • (b) A democrat living in the USA       (2 x2) 




Your Answer:
Question 12:

Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining which ONE of these sources you think would be most useful to a historian writing about the Cuban Missile Crisis.  (8)

Your Answer:
Question 13:



EXTENDED WRITING (Your response should be about TWO pages long.)


Answer ONE of the questions:


Discuss how the detection of Soviet missiles in Cuba by the USA intensified Cold War tensions between the superpowers in the 1960s.    (30)






OR


The fear of the total destruction of humankind encouraged both Khrushchev and Kennedy to search for a peaceful solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis.


Critically evaluate this statement by using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge.  (30)




Your Answer:
Section 2 - HOW WAS UHURU REALISED IN AFRICA IN THE 1960s AND 1970s? • Case study: Tanzania HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS NYERERE'S POLICY OF AFRICAN SOCIALISM IN TANZANIA DURING THE 1960s?
Marks: 75
Question 1:

Study Source 2A



  • Why, according to the source, were villages established in Tanzania? (3 x 1) 

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Question 2:

Study Source 2A



  • Explain how Nyerere initially embarked on rural development in Tanzania. (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 3:

Study Source 2A



  • Why were Tanzanians persuaded to live in ujamaa villages? (1 x 2)     


 

Your Answer:
Question 4:

Study Source 2A




  • Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, define the term nationalisation. (1 x 2) 


Your Answer:
Question 5:

Study Source 2A




  • Explain how the principles of the Arusha Declaration were implemented in Tanzania. (2 x 2) 


Your Answer:
Question 6:

Study Source 2B



  • What message does the reporter convey about Nyerere's personality? (1 x 2) 

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Question 7:

Study Source 2B



  • As a historian, why would you regard the information in the written source as biased? (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 8:

Study Source 2B(2)




  • Explain why this photograph would have been used by Nyerere's government as propaganda for the implementation of the policy of ujamaa. (2 x 2) 


Attached Resource:
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Your Answer:
Question 9:

Study Sources 2B and 2B(2)


 





  • How does the visual source support the written source regarding Nyerere's implementation of his policy? Support your answer by using relevant evidence from the source. (2 x 2) 




Your Answer:
Question 10:

Study Source 2C



  • Explain why you think Nyerere believed in the policy of socialism.


                                 (2x2) 

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Question 11:

Study Source 2C



  • According to James Adams, what impact did Nyerere's policy of ujamaa have on Tanzania? (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 12:

  • Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining the impact that the Arusha Declaration had on ordinary Tanzanians. (8) 

Your Answer:
Question 13:



EXTENDED WRITING (Your response should be about TWO pages long.) Answer ONE of the questions: 


Discuss to what extent Nyerere's policy of African Socialism was a success in Tanzania in the 1960s. (30)






OR


Julius Nyerere stated: 'I would still write the Arusha Declaration. I believe in it. It is right.'


Critically evaluate this statement by using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge.




(30) 




Your Answer:
Section 3 - WHAT FORMS OF CIVIL SOCIETY PROTEST EMERGED FROM THE 1960s UP TO 1990? • Focus 1960s: Civil Rights Movements in the USA WHAT ROLE DID THE VARIOUS CIVIL SOCIETY PROTESTS PLAY IN BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) IN THE 1960s?
Marks: 75
Question 1:

Study Source 3A



  • Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, define the term segregation. (1 x 2) 

Attached Resource:
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Question 2:

Study Source 3A



  • Why do you think the students from the North Carolina Agriculturaland Technical College embarked on protest action? (1 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 3:

Study Source 3A



  • Quote evidence from the source that suggests students were harassed. (1 x 1) 

Your Answer:
Question 4:

Study Source 3A



  • Explain why the author refers to the 'South'. (1 x 2)    

Your Answer:
Question 5:

Study Source 3A



  • How did the federal government respond to African Americans living in the 'Deep South of the USA'? Support your answer with relevant reasons. (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 6:

Study Source 3B



  • Why do you think white Americans attacked the Freedom Riders?  (1 x 2) 

Attached Resource:
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Question 7:

Study Source 3B(2)



  • The photograph shows two civil rights activists displaying posters that make reference to the word 'freedom'. Comment on the significance of the word 'freedom' in the context of civil society protests. (1 x 3) 

Attached Resource:
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Question 8:

Study Source 3B(2)





How do you think the following people would have reacted after viewing this photograph (Visual source):







  • (a) African American activists

  • (b) Right-wing white Americans from the South




                                                     (2 x 2) 




Your Answer:
Question 9:

Study Source 3C



  • Explain the purpose of this poster. (2 x 2)    

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Question 10:

Study Source 3C



  • State any TWO demands that appear on the poster.  (2 x 1)  

Your Answer:
Question 11:

Study Source 3C(2)



  • Explain to what extent the march to Washington was a success. (1 x 3) 

Attached Resource:
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Question 12:

Study Source 3C(2)



  • Comment on the significance of Martin Luther King Junior's 'I have a Dream' speech in the context of the Civil Rights Movement (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 13:

Study Sources 3C and 3C(2)



  • In what ways does the visual source support the written source regarding the march to Washington in 1963? Support your answer with relevant reasons. (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 14:

Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining which ONE of these sources you think would be the most useful for a student of history writing about the Civil Rights Movement. (8) 


Candidates can select either Source 3A or Source 3B or Source 3C and indicate why it is useful.

Your Answer:
Question 15:




  1. EXTENDED WRITING (Your response should be about TWO pages long.) Answer ONE of the questions: 





  • Explain how the Freedom Riders and other forms of civil society protest contributed to bringing about change in the United States of America (USA) during the 1960s. (30)

  • OR

  • The civil rights march to Washington in 1963 was regarded as a significant turning point in the liberation of all Americans.

  • Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your answer by using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge.(30) 




Your Answer:
Section 4 - WHAT FORMS OF CIVIL SOCIETY PROTEST EMERGED FROM THE 1960s UP TO 1990? • Focus 1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa WHAT WERE THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF THE BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT UNDER STEVE BIKO'S LEADERSHIP IN THE 1970s?
Marks: 75
Question 1:

Study Source 4A



  • Who, according to Extract 1, were 'real black people'? (1 x 2)    

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Question 2:

Study Source 4A




  • Use the information in the source (Extract 1) and explain, in your own words, the term Black Consciousness. (1 x 2) 


Your Answer:
Question 3:

Study Source 4A




  • How did Steve Biko react to the threat of police interrogation and death? (Extract 2) Support your answer with relevant reasons.(2x2) 


Your Answer:
Question 4:

Study Source 4A



  • Explain whether you agree with Steve Biko's attitude towards police interrogation and death. Use the information in the source and your own knowledge to support your answer. (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 5:

Study Source 4A






  • Compare the information in Extracts 1 and 2. Explain how these extracts support each other regarding the philosophy of Black Consciousness. (2x2)




Your Answer:
Question 6:

Study Source 4B



  • Why, according to the source, was Biko arrested?(1x2)

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Question 7:

Study Source 4B



  • Describe how Steve Biko's human rights were violated.   (1x2)

Your Answer:
Question 8:

Study Source 4B




  • What factors do you think might have influenced the doctors who examined Biko to make false diagnoses of his condition? (2 x 2) 


Your Answer:
Question 9:

Study Source 4C



  • Explain the symbolism of the broken chain as shown in the poster.  (1 x 3) 

Attached Resource:
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Question 10:

Study Source 4C



  • What message does the slogan, One Azania: One Nation, convey?


                                    (1x2) 

Your Answer:
Question 11:

Study Source 4C



  • Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain why this poster was considered to be symbolic/iconic by struggle activists. (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 12:

  • Refer to Sources 4A, 4B and 4C. Select and explain which ONE of these sources you think would be most useful to a historian writing about the philosophy of Black Consciousness. (2 x 2) 

Your Answer:
Question 13:

  • Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining the reaction of the apartheid government to the popularity of the Black Consciousness Movement in the 1970s. (8) 

Your Answer:
Question 14:


  1. EXTENDED WRITING (Your response should be about TWO pages long.)


    Answer ONE of the questions: 





  •   Discuss the role and impact of the Black Consciousness Movement under Steve Biko's leadership in the 1970s. (30)


OR


  • Steve Biko played a significant role in unifying black South Africans against the apartheid regime.


         Assess the validity of this statement by using          the information in the relevant sources as well          as your own knowledge. (30) 
Your Answer:
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