SOCIAL SCIENCE
GRADE 7
TERM 3: HISTORY TEST
50
2022
LEARNER NAME: __________________________________________ GRADE: 7____
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read each question carefully.
2. Answer all questions on this question paper.
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Question 1:
Choose the correct terms from the table below. Write the answers in the spaces provided. (5)
Indigenous Colonisation Settlers Slaves Traders
1.1 Inhabitants of the Cape in the 17th Century. (1)
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1.2 The expanding frontiers of the Dutch settlements. (1)
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1.3 A person who moves with a group to live in a new country or area. (1)
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1.4 A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. (1)
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1.5 A person who buys and sells goods. (1)
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Question 2:
Place the following statements in the correct columns below. (10)
People different from ourselves.
Men among men.
Hunter-gatherers.
Herders.
Nomadic.
Pastoralists.
Made tools from wood and stone.
Made tools from copper and iron.
Were called Bushmen by the Dutch.
Were called Hottentots by the Dutch.
SAN KHOIKHOI
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Question 3:
Study SOURCE A and answer the following questions (12)
SOURCE A
3.1 What does DEIC stand for? (2)
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3.2 Complete the following sentence.
Jan Van Riebeeck arrived at the Cape in _______________________. (1)
3.3 Write down 3 reasons why the DEIC permanently settled at the Cape. (3)
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3.4 Who provided fresh meat to the Dutch people? Mention two kinds of people. (2)
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3.5 Name the disease that many sailors died from. (1)
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3.6 What caused this disease? (1)
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3.7 Describe the relationship between the Indigenous people and Dutch. (2)
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Question 4:
Fill in the missing words from the table below: (8)
Cape Controlled Strictly Harsh Whipping Starving Caught Chains
4.1 ____________________________ slave owners 4.2 ______________________their slaves
very 4.3 ___________________________. Slave owners could use 4.4 _______________________
punishments like 4.5 _____________________________, 4.6 _______________________________
and forcing slaves to work long hours. If slaves ran away, they would be 4.7 ____________________
and put in 4.8 ________________________________.
Question 5:
5.1 List FIVE ways slaves showed resistance. (5)
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TOTAL: 50 MARKS
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