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Grade 11 History Paper 1 question paper from the November Mock Exam 2026 (English), 9 pages. Read online or download the free PDF.
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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: 1900–1940
QUESTION 2: CAPITALISM IN THE USA: 1900–1940
QUESTION 3: IDEAS OF RACE IN THE LATE 19TH AND 20TH
CENTURIES
SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
QUESTION 4: COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA: 1900–1940
QUESTION 5: CAPITALISM IN THE USA: 1900–1940
QUESTION 6: IDEAS OF RACE IN THE LATE 19TH AND 20TH
CENTURIES
2. SECTION A consists of THREE source-based questions. Source material that is
required to answer these questions can 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 may 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 the questions, you should apply your knowledge, skills and insight.
7. You will be disadvantaged by merely rewriting the sources as answers.
8. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question
paper.
9. Write neatly and legibly.
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SECTION A: SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS
Answer at least ONE question, but not more than TWO questions, in this section. The source
material that is required to answer these questions is contained in the ADDENDUM.
QUESTION 1: HOW DID STALIN’S POLICY OF COLLECTIVISATION AFFECT THE
PEASANTS OF THE SOVIET UNION BETWEEN 1929 AND 1933?
Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that follow.
1.1 Refer to Source 1A.
1.1.1 When, according to the source, did Stalin introduce the first Five-Year
Plan? (1 x 1) (1)
1.1.2 Define the term collectivisation in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
1.1.3 Give THREE reasons from the source why Stalin introduced
collectivisation. (3 x 1) (3)
1.1.4 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge, explain
why grain was so important to Stalin’s plans to industrialise the Soviet
Union. (2 x 2) (4)
1.1.5 Comment on why Stalin regarded the kulaks as ‘class enemies’.
(2 x 2) (4)
1.2 Read Source 1B.
1.2.1 Name TWO ways, according to the source, in which peasants
resisted collectivisation. (2 x 1) (2)
1.2.2 Quote evidence from the source which shows that the kulaks were
treated harshly. (1 x 2) (2)
1.2.3 Why do you think Stalin published the article ‘Dizzy with Success’ in
March 1930? (1 x 2) (2)
1.2.4 Explain why the slaughter of livestock by peasants harmed Soviet
agriculture. (2 x 2) (4)
1.3 Study Source 1C.
1.3.1 Which category of livestock, according to the table, showed the
largest decline in numbers between 1928 and 1933? (1 x 1) (1)
1.3.2 Using the information in the table, explain how collectivisation
affected the number of horses in the Soviet Union. (1 x 2) (2)
1.3.3 Explain the usefulness of this table to a historian researching the
impact of collectivisation on Soviet agriculture. (1 x 2) (2)
1.4 Refer to Sources 1B and 1C. Explain how the information in Source 1C
supports the evidence in Source 1B regarding the reaction of the peasants
to collectivisation. (2 x 2) (4)
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1.5 Consult Source 1D.
1.5.1 List THREE measures, from the source, that the Soviet government
used to control the peasants in 1932. (3 x 1) (3)
1.5.2 Define the term famine in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
1.5.3 Why do you think the Soviet government continued to export grain
while millions of peasants were starving? (2 x 2) (4)
1.5.4 Explain why the Soviet government denied that a famine was taking
place. (1 x 2) (2)
1.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write
a paragraph of about SIX lines (about 60 words) explaining how Stalin’s policy
of collectivisation affected the peasants of the Soviet Union between 1929 and
1933. (6)
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QUESTION 2: HOW DID WEAKNESSES IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY OF THE 1920s
LEAD TO THE WALL STREET CRASH OF 1929 AND THE GREAT
DEPRESSION?
Study Sources 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D and answer the questions that follow.
2.1 Read Source 2A.
2.1.1 List THREE consumer goods, according to the source, that were
mass-produced in the USA in the 1920s. (3 x 1) (3)
2.1.2 Define the concept buying on the margin in the context of the
American stock market in the 1920s. (1 x 2) (2)
2.1.3 Quote evidence from the source which suggests that wealth was
unevenly distributed in the USA in the 1920s. (1 x 2) (2)
2.1.4 Explain why overproduction became a serious problem for American
industry and agriculture by the late 1920s. (2 x 2) (4)
2.1.5 Why do you think high American tariffs on imports harmed American
exporters? (1 x 2) (2)
2.2 Study Source 2B.
2.2.1 What, according to the graph, was the highest point reached by the
Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1929? (1 x 1) (1)
2.2.2 Explain what the graph reveals about the trend in share prices
between September 1929 and July 1932. (1 x 2) (2)
2.2.3 Explain why the fall in share prices ruined investors who had bought
shares on the margin. (2 x 2) (4)
2.2.4 Comment on the limitations of this graph to a historian researching
the causes of the Wall Street Crash. (2 x 2) (4)
2.3 Read Source 2C.
2.3.1 Identify the day in October 1929 that became known as ‘Black
Tuesday’. (1 x 1) (1)
2.3.2 What, according to the source, did a group of leading bankers do on
24 October 1929 to try to stop the panic? (1 x 2) (2)
2.3.3 Explain why many American banks failed after the Wall Street Crash.
(2 x 2) (4)
2.3.4 Comment on the statement that President Hoover believed
‘prosperity was just around the corner’. (1 x 2) (2)
2.4 Consult Source 2D.
2.4.1 How many Americans, according to the graph, were unemployed in
1933? (1 x 1) (1)
2.4.2 Explain the trend in unemployment shown in the graph between 1929
and 1933. (1 x 2) (2)
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2.4.3 Explain how unemployment on this scale would have affected
American families in the early 1930s. (2 x 2) (4)
2.5 Refer to Sources 2C and 2D. Explain how the information in Source 2D
supports the evidence in Source 2C regarding the impact of the Wall Street
Crash on ordinary Americans. (2 x 2) (4)
2.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write
a paragraph of about SIX lines (about 60 words) explaining how weaknesses
in the American economy of the 1920s led to the Wall Street Crash of 1929
and the Great Depression. (6)
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QUESTION 3: HOW DID THE REMOVAL OF ABORIGINAL CHILDREN FROM THEIR
FAMILIES REFLECT IDEAS OF RACE IN AUSTRALIA IN THE 20TH
CENTURY?
Study Sources 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D and answer the questions that follow.
3.1 Refer to Source 3A.
3.1.1 Define the term Social Darwinism in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
3.1.2 What, according to the source, did many white Australians believe
would happen to the Aboriginal people? (1 x 1) (1)
3.1.3 Name the official who, according to the source, became the legal
guardian of Aboriginal children in Western Australia in 1905.
(1 x 1) (1)
3.1.4 Explain why the authorities targeted Aboriginal children of mixed
descent for removal from their families. (2 x 2) (4)
3.1.5 Comment on why the laws that controlled the lives of Aboriginal
people were called ‘protection’ laws. (1 x 2) (2)
3.2 Study Source 3B.
3.2.1 In which year, according to the timeline, did New South Wales allow
Aboriginal children to be removed without a court finding that they
were neglected? (1 x 1) (1)
3.2.2 Explain what was meant by the policy of ‘absorption’ adopted in 1937.
(1 x 2) (2)
3.2.3 Why do you think the referendum of 1967 was regarded as a turning
point for Aboriginal people? (2 x 2) (4)
3.2.4 Explain the usefulness of this timeline to a historian researching the
removal of Aboriginal children in Australia. (1 x 2) (2)
3.3 Read Source 3C.
3.3.1 List THREE ways, according to the source, in which the identity of
the removed children was taken away from them. (3 x 1) (3)
3.3.2 Define the term assimilation in the context of Australian government
policy towards Aboriginal people. (1 x 2) (2)
3.3.3 Explain why the removed children were trained mainly as domestic
servants and farm labourers. (2 x 2) (4)
3.3.4 Comment on the long-term effects of the removals on the ‘Stolen
Generations’. (1 x 2) (2)
3.4 Refer to Sources 3A and 3C. Explain how the information in Source 3C
supports the evidence in Source 3A regarding the aim of removing Aboriginal
children from their families. (2 x 2) (4)
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3.5 Consult Source 3D.
3.5.1 Who, according to the source, made the National Apology, and on
what date? (2 x 1) (2)
3.5.2 Quote the words from the source in which the Prime Minister
apologised to the Stolen Generations. (1 x 2) (2)
3.5.3 Why do you think the Australian government decided to make a
formal apology to the Stolen Generations? (2 x 2) (4)
3.5.4 Explain why some Aboriginal leaders felt that the apology was not
enough. (1 x 2) (2)
3.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge, write
a paragraph of about SIX lines (about 60 words) explaining how the removal
of Aboriginal children from their families reflected ideas of race in Australia in
the 20th century. (6)
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SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
Answer at least ONE question, but NOT more than TWO questions, in this section.
Your essay should be about THREE pages long.
QUESTION 4: COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA: 1900–1940 – THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS
OF 1917
Explain to what extent the weaknesses of the Tsarist government and the impact of the First
World War made it possible for the Bolsheviks to seize power in October 1917.
Use relevant historical evidence to support your line of argument.
[50]
QUESTION 5: CAPITALISM IN THE USA: 1900–1940 – ROOSEVELT’S NEW DEAL
‘Roosevelt’s New Deal changed the role of the federal government in the lives of ordinary
Americans during the 1930s.’
Critically discuss this statement with reference to the relief, recovery and reform measures of
the New Deal.
[50]
QUESTION 6: IDEAS OF RACE IN THE LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES – NAZI
GERMANY AND THE HOLOCAUST
Explain how Nazi racial ideology led to the escalation of the persecution of Jews in Germany
and occupied Europe, from discrimination in 1933 to genocide by 1945.
Use relevant historical evidence to support your line of argument.
[50]
TOTAL: 150
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