History Paper 2
Grade 8
SECTION A: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
QUESTION 1
1.1. Great Britain √
1.2. Slave- owning plantation Owner √ -Merchants who dealt with slaves √
1.3. Atlantic Ocean √
1.4. 1428000 √
1.5. Barclays Bank √
1.6 So that transporting good won’t be challenge √√
1.7 Agriculture √-Cottage √ OR Industries-Trade-Slavery
(ANY TWO ANSWERS)
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QUESTION 2
2.1. Working on machines in factories
Selling newspapers on street corners
Breaking up coal at the coal mines
As chimney sweeps
2.2. They were small
Could easily fit into small spaces
Could easily fit between machines
2.3. They were kept locked up
They were forced to work long hours
2.4. Working on high powered machinery
Working in mines with bad ventilation
Working around dangerous chemicals
2.5. Over 50% of the workers in some British factories in the early 1800s
were under the age of 14
OR
In the US, there were over 750 000 children under the age of 15
working in 1870
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QUESTION 3
3.1. They were brought to work in farms
3.2. They are Indians, they are from India; they are working on sugar
cane fields.
3.3. Blacks were not willing to work for white farmers/they had their own
traditional farming.
3.4. Paragraph:
3.4.1. Living condition were hard
• Building in which they lived were over crowded.
• Work was dangerous and difficult
• Were badly treated by their bosses
• Sometimes they were whipped
OR
3.4.2 It was used to sweetened tea and cakes
• it was used to make jams
• new middle emerged after Industrial revolution demand more
sugar
• shortage of sugar in Britain because slavery was abolished
• British climate does not allow farmers to grow sugar cane
Paragraphs should be structured as follows:
Topic sentence
The main point/s
The concluding sentence
Level Indicators Marks
Level 1 Uses evidence in an elementary manner e.g. shows little or no Marks: 0-2
understanding.
Uses evidence partially to report on topic or cannot report on
topic.
Level 2 Evidence is mostly relevant and relates to a great extent to the Marks: 3-5
topic.
Uses evidence in a very basic manner.
Level 3 Uses relevant evidence e.g. demonstrates a thorough Marks: 6-8
understanding
Uses evidence very effectively in an organized paragraph that
shows an understanding of the topic.
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SECTION B: THE MINERAL REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
QUESTION 4
4.1. Hut tax was a property tax levied against huts owned by Africans in
Tribal Reserves.
4.2. They supported the introduction of the Hut tax because it would require
Africans to pay the tax in coins which they would have to earn on the
mines as a salary. It would therefore ensure a steady flow of cheap
labour to the mines.
4.3. If Migrant Labourers could prove that they were employed on the mines
for six months then a reduction in the Hut tax would be allowed.
4.4. The Tribal reserves were poverty stricken and often experienced
droughts that decimated crop production. Working as Migrant labourers
they could earn a small salary, escape their tribal existence and
experience life in the cities.
(Any RELEVANT response)
QUESTION 5
5.1. 1886. Farm of Langlaagte.
5.2. a) Good conductor of heat
b) It is used for space vehicle that NASA launches
c) Trade, Money, Jewelry
(Any relevant answer)
5.3. Uitlanders_ Foreigners, people who came from overseas.
Randlords_ mining magnates who were extremely wealthy who were
mainly Jewish.
5.4. They were paid more.
Had access to trade unions.
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QUESTION 6
Africans were lured to the mines with the promise of money and prosperity.
They were also compelled to be part of the Migrant labour system due to the
implementation of the Hut tax.
Migrant labourers were also able to gain valuable skills on the mines.
They became more westernized and literate.
Many also died on the mines due to disease and accidents.
Migrant labourers earned few benefits and had no pension or voting rights.
Women left behind on the Tribal reserves had to take care of their families
and raise their children in the absence of a father figure.
Women had to work on the land and raise crops and take care of livestock.
Mine owners became wealthy and were known as Randlords.
Their wealth was built on the cheap labour of Migrant workers.
(Any RELEVANT response) (20)
PRESENTATION LEVEL 7 LEVEL 6 LEVEL 5 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1
CONTENT Very well Well Writing Clear Some Largely Answer
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and and . to to e/ well
structured structured Construct construc organise with little structured.
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Good Synthesis an an informati some
synthesis of argument. argume on attempt
of informatio Evidence nt. into an to
informatio n. used to Evidenc argument develop
n. Construct support e . an
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ed and a not well .
an argument. large used in
argument. Evidence extent supportin
Very good used to to g
use of support support the
evidence the the argument
to argument. argume .
support nt.
LEVEL 7
The question
has
been fully 18-20 16-17
answered.
Content
selection
fully relevant
to
line of
argument.
LEVEL 6
The question
has 16-17 15 14
been
answered.
The content
selection is
relevant to a
line
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LEVEL 5
The question
has 14 13 12
been answered
to a great
extent.
The content is
adequately
covered and is
relevant
LEVEL 4
The question is
recognizable in 12 11 10
the answer.
Some
omissions/
irrelevant
content
selection.
LEVEL 3
The content
selection does 10 9 8
not always
relate.
Omissions in
coverage.
LEVEL 2
The content is
sparse. The 8 7 6
question is
inadequately
addressed.
LEVEL 1
The content is
sparse, the 6 0-5
question is
inadequately
addressed
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