(NOVEMBER 2009) HISTORY – FIRST PAPER 7

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GRADE 11

HISTORY – FIRST PAPER
NOVEMBER 2009

MARKS: 150

TIME: 3 hours

This question paper consists of 8 pages and an addendum of 9 pages.
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. / This question paper consists of THREE questions based on the prescribed content framework for 2009, which is as follows:
QUESTION 1: CHALLENGES TO CAPITALISM
QUESTION 2: CRISIS OF CAPITALISM
QUESTION 3: COMPETING NATIONALISMS AND IDENTITIES IN
AFRICA
2. / Each question counts 75 marks and begins with a key question.
3. / Candidates are required to answer TWO questions. Each question consists of both source-based questions which count 45 marks and the extended writing which counts 30 marks.
4. / Candidates are required to demonstrate application of knowledge, skills and insight in the answering of questions.
5. / Direct quoting from sources without relevance, will be to the disadvantage of learners.
6. / Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in the question paper.
7. / Write neatly and legibly.
The following Learning Outcomes and Assessment Standards will be assessed in this question paper:
Learning
Outcomes / Assessment Standards
The ability of the learner to:
Learning
Outcome 1 / 1. Analyse information and data gathered from a variety of sources.
2. Evaluate the sources of information provided to assess the
appropriateness of the sources for the task.
Learning Outcome 2 / 1. Use historical concepts to structure information about a period or
issue.
2 Analyse the socio-economic and political power relations operating
in societies.
3. Explain the various interpretations and perspectives of historical
events and why people in a particular historical context acted as
they did.
Learning
Outcome 3 / 1. Handle and draw conclusions from qualitative data.
2. Use evidence to formulate an argument and reach an independent
conclusion.
3. Use evidence to substantiate the independent conclusions reached.
4. Communicate knowledge and understanding in a written form.

In answering the extended writing questions, candidates must refer to either of the following levels:

LEVEL OF QUESTIONS
Level 1
·  Discuss or describe according to a given line of argument set out in the extended writing question.
·  Plan and construct an argument based on evidence, using the evidence to reach a conclusion.
Level 2
·  Use evidence to formulate an argument and reach an independent conclusion.
·  Use evidence to substantiate the independent conclusions reached, including the appropriate means of communicating knowledge and understanding suited to a particular purpose, e.g. report or essay.
·  Use a clear structure and coherent argument.
QUESTION 1: WHAT WERE LENIN’S ECONOMIC POLICIES AND TO WHAT
EXTENT DID HE FOLLOW A SOCIALIST MODEL?
Study Sources 1A, 1B and 1C and answer the questions that follow.
1.1 / Refer to Source 1A.
1.1.1 / Use Source 1A and your own knowledge and explain the concept,
War Communism. (1 x 2) / (2)
1.1.2 / What, according to Source 1A, was the reason for the introduction
of War Communism? (1 x 2) / (2)
1.1.3 / War Communism can be regarded as a socialist economic system.
What according to Source 1A, are the main features of a socialist
economic system? (1 x 2) / (2)
1.1.4 / According to Source 1A, what measures were introduced to make
War Communism workable? (4 x 1) / (4)
1.2 / Study Source 1B.
1.2.1 / According to Source 1B, what were the consequences of
War Communism? (4 x 1) / (4)
1.2.2 / What other factors contributed to the decline of the Russian
economy? (1 x 2) / (2)
1.2.3 / Is Source 1B reliable in explaining the consequences of War
Communism? Explain your answer. (2 x 2) / (4)
1.3 / Refer to Source 1C.
1.3.1 / What is the photo depicting about War Communism? (2 x 2) / (4)
1.3.2 / How does Source 1C support Source 1B (How does the two sources compliment one another?), regarding War Communism? (2 x 2) / (4)
1.4 / Refer to Source 1D.
1.4.1 / Use the source and explain the following concepts:
(a)  Kulaks
(b)  Nepmen (2 x 2) / (4)
1.4.2 / According to the source, how did the NEP deviate from the principles
of the Russian Revolution? (2 x 2) / (4)
1.4.3 / What, according to Source 1D were the consequences of the NEP?
(3 x 1) / (3)
1.5 / Use all the sources and your own knowledge and write a paragraph of about
SIX lines (60 words) on the failure of War Communism. / (6)
1.6 / EXTENDED WRITING
Answer EITHER QUESTION 1.6.1. OR 1.6.2. ( Your answer should be approximately TWO pages in length)
1.6.1 / “Lenin’s New Economic Policy was a compromise with Capitalism”. Examine the validity of this statement by discussing the differences between War Communism and the NEP. / (30)
OR
1.6.2 / Using all the sources and your own knowledge to write a composition entitled: The New Economic Policy was a contradiction of communist principles. / (30)
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QUESTION 2: WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF 1929 ON THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
Study Sources 2A, 2B and 2C to answer the following questions.
2.1 / Refer to Source 2A.
2.1.1 / Use Source 2A and your own knowledge and explain the following concepts:
(a)  Great Crash
(b)  Great Depression (2 x 2) / (4)
2.1.2 / What evidence in the source suggests that over-speculation did not only affect the stock market, but also companies? (2 x 2) / (4)
2.1.3 / Use the source and explain how the non-collection of taxes
affected the government. (2 x 1) / (2)
2.2 / Use Source 2B.
2.2.1 / According to Extract 1, what were the effects of the Great Depression on the lives of the American people? (3 x 1) / (3)
2.2.2 / What does the statement “…jumped to their deaths from the top of skyscrapers”, tell you about the situation in America during the depression? (2 x 2) / (4)
2.2.3 / Use the source and explain why putting a house on sale was regarded as a useless act. (1 x 2) / (2)
2.2.4 / How does Extract 2 complement (support) Extract 1 in explaining the impact of the Great Depression on the lives of the American people?
(2 x 2) / (4)
2.3 / Study Source 2C.
2.3.1 / How useful is Source 2C for a historian studying the affect
of the Great Depression during the 1930s? (2 x 2) / (4)
2.3.2 / According to Source 2C what were the similarities between the
written source and the visual source? (2 x 2) / (4)
2.3.3 / What does the way the people dressed in the visual source,
tell you about them? (2 x 2) / (4)
2.3.4 / Use the source and your own knowledge and explain why women of the Socialist Party were distributing soup, coffee and bread and not people of the Republican Party under President Hoover. (2 x 2) / (4)
2.4 / Use al the sources and your own knowledge and write a paragraph of SIX lines (60 words) to explain how the American people suffered during the depression. / (6)
2.5 / EXTENDED WRITING (The length of your essay should be approximately 2 pages in length.)
Answer either QUESTION 2.5.1. or QUESTION 2.5.2.
2.5.1 / Discuss the causes and the impact of the Great Depression of 1929
in the United States of America. / (30)
OR
2.5.2 / Use all the sources and your own knowledge and explain the impact
of the Great Depression on the America society. / (30)
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QUESTION 3: WHAT WERE THE ROOTS AND NATURE OF AFRIKANER AND AFRICAN NATIONALISM AND IDENTITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE 1930s AND 1950s?
Use Sources 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D to answer the following questions.
3.1 / Refer to Source 3A.
3.1.1 / Use the source and explain the concept Afrikaner-nationalism? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.1.2 / Why was Afrikaner nationalism classified as an “exclusive
nationalism? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.1.3 / Use the source and your own knowledge and explain the difference between European nationalism and Afrikaner nationalism? (2 x 2) / (4)
3.2 / Study Source 3B.
3.2.1 / What is photograph 1 telling us about Afrikaner nationalism? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.2.2 / Who does the two ‘horses’ in photograph 1 represented? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.2.3 / Use the source and explain how the Van Riebeeck’s festival was celebrated? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.2.4 / What was the reaction of Blacks in photograph 2, towards the Van Riebeeck’s celebrations? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.2.5 / Compare photograph 1 and 2 and explain the differences between African and Afrikaner nationalisms. (2 x 2) / (4)
3.3 / Use Source 3C.
3.3.1 / Comment on the statement: “Africa was a black man’s continent.”
(1 x 3) / (3)
3.3.2 / According to Source 3C, what was the greatest barrier to the liberation struggle? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.3.3 / Explain what is meant with the two references: “the colour of my skin” and the “the soil of Mother Africa”. (2 x 2) / (4)
3.3.4 / According to the source, what was the key to successful mass-action?
(1 x 2) / (2)
3.4 / Refer to Source 3D.
3.4.1 / According to the source, against what was the struggled aimed? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.4.2 / What is meant by the concept non-racialism? (1 x 2) / (2)
3.4.3 / Use the source and explain the concept: African nationalism. (2 x 2) / (4)
3.5 / Use all the sources and your own knowledge and write a paragraph of SIX lines (60 words) on the rise of Afrikaner nationalism during the 1930s. / (6)
3.6 / EXTENDED WRITING
Answer EITHER QUESTION 3.6.1. OR 3.6.2. (Your answer should be approximately TWO pages in length.)
3.6.1 / “South Africa is regarded as a Rainbow Nation.”
Discuss this statement with reference to the different nationalisms, cultures and identities that we found in South Africa. / (30)
OR
3.6.2 / Using all the sources and your own knowledge and explain the rise of Afrikaner-and African nationalism during the 1930s and 1950s. Indicate also the similarities and differences between Afrikaner and
African-nationalism. / (30)
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TOTAL: / 150