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GRADE 11
HISTORY P1
JUNE 2017
MARKS: 150
TIME: 3 hours
DATE: 13 June 2017
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INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. This question paper consists of SECTION A and SECTION B based on the
prescribed content framework in the CAPS document.
SECTION A: SOURCE- BASED QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1: COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA 1900 TO 1940:
LENIN’S INTERPRETATION OF MARXISM
QUESTION 2: CAPITALISM IN THE USA 1900 TO 1940:
THE NATURE OF CAPITALISM IN THE USA
QUESTION 3: IDEAS OF RACE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES: CASE
STUDY- AUSTRALIA AND THE INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
QUESTION 4: COMMUNIM IN RUSSIA 1900 T0 1940:
STALIN’S INTERPRETATION OF MARXISM
QUESTION 5: CAPITALISM IN THE USA1900 TO 1940:
ROOSEVELT’S NEW DEAL
QUESTION 6: IDEAS OF RACE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES:
CASE STUDY NAZI GERMANY AND THE HOLOCAUST
2. SECTION A consists of THREE source-based questions. Source material that
is required to answer these questions will be found in the ADDENDUM.
3. SECTION B consists of THREE essay questions.
4. Answer THREE questions as follows:
4.1 At least ONE must be a source-based question and at least ONE must be
an essay question.
4.2 The THIRD question can be either a source-based question or an essay
question.
5. You are advised to spend at least ONE hour per question.
6. When answering questions you should apply your knowledge, skills and insight.
7. You will be disadvantaged by merely rewriting of the sources as answers.
8. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this
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9. Write clearly and legibly.
SECTION A: SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS
Answer at least ONE question, but not more than TWO questions, from this section.
Source material to be used to answer these questions is contained in the ADDENDUM
QUESTION 1: HOW LENIN APPLIED MARXISM IN THE UNION OF SOVIET
SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (USSR), FROM 1918 TO 1924?
Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that follow.
1.1 Read Source 1A.
1.1.1 Name the major reforms initiated by Lenin and his new communist
government. (3 x 1) (3)
1.1.2 Quote evidence from the source that suggests that Lenin and the
Communist Party were against democracy (2 x 1) (2)
1.1.3 Explain the historical term Bolshevik Revolution (1 x 2) (2)
1.1.4 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain
why Lenin’s reforms favoured the workers more (2 x 2) (4)
1.2 Refer to Source 1B.
1.2.1 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain the
historical term War Communism (1 x 2) (2)
1.2.2 List the THREE socialist principles and programmes of production and
distribution mentioned in the source (3 x 1) (3)
1.2.3 Explain why Lenin and the Communist (Bolshevik) Party government
introduced War Communism (2 x 2) (4)
1.2.4 Comment on the usefulness of this source to a historian researching about
War Communism (2 x 2) (4)
1.3 Consult Source1C.
1.3.1 According to the source, what were the unintended results of War
communism? (2 x 1) (2)
1.3.2 Explain how the Soviet people reacted to War Communism. (2 x 2) (4)
1.4 Refer to Sources 1C and 1D. Explain how the evidence in the photograph supports
the information in Source1C regarding the impact of War Communism on the Soviet
society (1 x 2) (2)
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1.5 Study Source 1E.
1.5.1 What were the major capitalist reforms introduced by Lenin through the New
Economic Policy, (4 x 1) (4)
1.5.2 Explain why Lenin abandoned War Communism and replaced it with the New
Economic Policy (2 x 2) (4)
1.5.3 Explain why Lenin wrote that the NEP was “one step backwards in order to
make two steps forward”. (1 x 2) (2)
1.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a
paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explain how Lenin applied (put
into practice) Marxism in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1918
to 1924 (8)
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QUESTION 2: HOW THE GREAT DEPRESSION EXPOSED (UNCOVERED) THE
CRISIS OF CAPITALISM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FROM 1928 TO 1933?
Study Sources 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D and answer the questions that follow.
2.1 Study Source 2A.
2.1.1 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain the
Term:”Roaring Twenties” (1 x 2) (2)
2.1.2 Identify the TWO main goods produced in the 1920’s, which were the main
feature of the “Roaring Twenties” (2 x 1) (2)
2.1.3 Explain why many Americans resorted to putting their money under their
mattresses instead of risking putting it in the banks (2 x 2) (4)
2.1.4 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain the
term Great Depression. (1 x 2) (2)
2.2 Refer to Source 2B.
2.2.1 Explain the message conveyed in this photo regarding the American society.
(2 x 2) (4)
2.3 Compare Sources 2A and 2B. Explain how the photograph in Source 2B supports
the information in Source 2 A regarding the socio-economic conditions in the USA
during the 1920s (2 x 2) (4)
2.4 Consult Source 2C.
2.4.1 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain what
the stock market crash of 1929 was. (1 x 2) (2)
2.4.2 According to the historian John Galbraith, what makes the American
economy to be fundamentally unsound? (4 x 1) (4)
2.4.3 Explain the plight (troubles) of the workers after the stock market crash in
America (1 x 2) (2)
2.4.4 According to the source, what was the major cause of huge unemployment?
in America in 1930s ? (1 x 2) (2)
2.4.5 According to a socialist, what would be the major weakness of the capitalist
system? (1 x 2) (2)
2.4.6 Explain the usefulness of this source to a historian researching the Great
Depression in America (2 x 2) (4)
2.5 Read Source 2D.
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2.5.1 Explain how Herbert Hoover and his government reacted to the great
depression. (1 x 2) (2)
2.5.2 Explain how President Hoover’s reaction to the Great Depression reflects the
characteristic role of a government in the capitalist system (1 x 2) (2)
2.5.3 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge assess the
effectiveness of Hoover’s reaction to the Great Depression (2 x 2) (4)
2.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a
paragraph of about EIGHT lines (80 words), explaining how the Great Depression
exposed the crisis of Capitalism in the United States of America from 1928 to 1933
(8)
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QUESTION 3: HOW THE IDEAS OF RACE AND EUGENICS IN AUSTRALIA
INFLUENCED THE CREATION OF THE “STOLEN GENERATION”?
Study Sources 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D and answer the questions that follow.
3.1 Refer to Source 3A.
3.1.1 According to the source, what were the causes of the reduction of Aboriginal
Australian population? (2 x 1) (2)
3.1.2 Quote evidence from the source which suggest that the European settlers’
were racist and did not regard the Aboriginal Australians as their equals
(3 x 1) (3)
3.1.3 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain why the
European settlers believed the Aboriginal Australians would die out and
inevitably (certainly) become extinct (wiped out). (2 x 2) (4)
3.1.4 Explain why the European settlers’ treatment of the Aboriginal Australians is
considered to be influenced by racial theories of Social Darwinism and
Eugenics (2 x 2) (4)
3.2 Study Source 3B.
3.2.1 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge explain what
was the “Stolen Generation” of Australia (1 x 2) (2)
3.2.2 Identify THREE institutions, which were used to assimilate (take in)Aboriginal
children into the white, culture (3 x 1) (3)
3.2.3 Explain how the Australian government tried to assimilate Aboriginal
Australian children into the white culture (2 x 2) (4)
3.2.4 Explain why it was very difficult for the abducted Aboriginal Australian
children to go back to their own families (2 x 2) (4)
3.2.5 Explain, to what extent you would agree with the statement “the Stolen
generation are the lasting evidence of attempted wholesale genocide at the
hands of the settler state” (1 x 2) (2)
3.3 Use Source 3C.
3.3.1 Explain the message conveyed in this cartoon regarding “Stolen Generation”
of Australia (2 x 2) (4)
3.3.2 Explain the attitude of the white couple, to the Aboriginal Australian child as
depicted in the cartoon (1 x 2) (2)
3.4 Consult Source 3D.
3.4.1 Explain the usefulness of this source to a historian researching the “Stolen
Generation” of Australia (2 x 2) (4)
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3.5 Refer to Sources 3B and 3D.Explain how the photo in Source 3D support the
information in Source 3B about the “Stolen Generation” of Australia (2 x 2) (4)
3.6 Using the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about
EIGHT (8) lines (approximately 80 words) explaining how the ideas of race and
Eugenics in Australia influenced the creation of the “Stolen Generation” (8)
[50]
SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
Answer at least ONE question and not more than TWO questions in this SECTION.
Your essay should be about THREE pages long.
QUESTION 4: COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA 1900 T0 1940:
STALIN’S INTERPRETATION OF MARXISM
“Through countless material and human sacrifices, within ten years, Stalin was able to
transform a peasant society into a superpower”.
Do you agree with this statement? Critically discuss how Stalin, through his 5year plans
changed the economy of the Soviet Union. [50]
QUESTION 5: CAPITALISM IN THE USA1900 TO 1940:
ROOSEVELT’S NEW DEAL
Critically discuss how F D Roosevelt, through his New Deal attempted to bring relief to the
poor and unemployed Americans and recover and reform American economy during the
1930s. [50]
QUESTION 6: IDEAS OF RACE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES:
CASE STUDY NAZI GERMANY AND THE HOLOCAUST
Discuss how the Nazi state used the idea of “pure Aryan race” to violate the human rights
of the Jews in Nazi Germany, from 1933 t0 1945 [50]
TOTAL: 150
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