Grade 4 History Mid Year Examination 2021

Blouberg Ridge Primary School Social Sciences: History Marker and Date: …………………. Name: ……………………….……………. Grade: 4A / D / K / PR / W Date: 28 June 2021 Time: 1 hour Examiner: L. Arbuckle Moderator: ………………………….. Task 3: Controlled Test Total: ……….. /35 Section A: (16) Question 1: Match Column A with Column B by filling in the correct letter in Column C. Column A Column B Column C 1.1 Evidence a. A statue or structure that has been established to remind people of a 1.1 __________ person or event. 1.2 Memorial b. An object made by a human being, usually of historical interest. 1.2 __________ 1.3 Artifacts c. Something that provides you with proof. 1.3 __________ (3) Question 2: Look at the pictures below and answer the questions that follow. Picture A. Picture B. https://www.history.com/ https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/ 2.1 Picure A is an example of a ________________________ source. (1) 2.2 What is an advantage of using using such a source? __________________________ Page 1 of 7

______________________________________________________________________________ (1) 2.3 Identify the source of information in picture B. ________________________________ (1) 2.4. Explain why you think the event in picture A was written down. ________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ (1) 2.5 In your opinion, why do you think it is important to have different types of sources of information about the same event? __________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ (1) 2.6 Complete the table below by filling in the missing information. Sources Examples Oral source a. ___________________________________ b. ___________________________________ Objects (2) Question 3: Read the diary entry below and answer the questions that follow: My Week Monday Tuesday June 2018 I caught the early bus I did my homework to school because I and studied hard for Maria Plaatjies had tennis practice. A my test. traffic jam made me late. Page 2 of 7

Wednesday Thursday Friday I played with my It was Mom’s birthday I wrote my spelling test brother. We rode our today. Granny made today. I got full marks! bikes. a yummy cake! 3.1 Using the information above, how do we know that Maria takes her studies seriously? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ (2) 3.2 Is Maria a sporty person? Explain your answer. ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ (2) 3.3 What other source of information could we use to find out about her day? _____ ______________________________________________________________________________ (1) 3.4 Give one disadvantage of the source mentioned in question 3.3. _______________ ______________________________________________________________________________ (1) Section B: (19) Question 4: Complete the mind map below by filling in the missing information. Qualities of a democratic leader are … a. _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ b. _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ c. ___________________________ ___________________________ https://www.kindpng.com/ Page 3 of 7

___________________________ (3) Question 5: Answer the questions below. 5.1 Explain why Nelson Mandela was arrested and sent to prison. __________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (1) 5.2 Nelson Mandela believed in a (democratic / autocratic) society. (1) 5.3 Look at the pictures below and complete the timeline. Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July 1918. Nelson Mandela was elected as South Africa’s first democratic president in 1994. https://www.theguardian.com/ http://attigs.blogspot.com / https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/ https://www.independent.co.uk/ Nelson Mandela and his friends wrote the Freedom Charter in 1955. Nelson Mandela was convicted and sent to prison in 1964. Year Information a. Nelson Mandela was born. 1955 b. Page 4 of 7

1964 Nelson Mandela was arrested and sent to jail. c. d. (4) Question 6: Rewrite the following sentences so that they are true. 6.1 A protest is an action that shows happiness about something. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (1) 6.2 A form of government where all people of the legal age choose their leader by voting is called an autocracy. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (1) Question 7: Write a paragraph about the person shown below in the picture. Use the writing frame to help you write your paragraph. Remember, this is NOT for marks. In a gentle way, you can change the world. Anger is the enemy of non-violence. https://www.ndtv.com/ You must be the change you want to see in the world. Page 5 of 7

Who is the man in the picture? ____________________________________________________ What type of protest did he believe in? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Write one quote from above to show this. __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ How did he fight for the rights of South Africans? ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Now write your paragraph neatly below. THIS PART IS FOR MARKS. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ (4) Question 8: Answer the questions below. 8.1 What does Mahatma mean in English? ________________________________________ (1) Page 6 of 7

https://www.travelground.com/ 8.2 Discuss why a statue was erected of him in Pietermaritzburg. ____________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (2) 8.3 What was “The Great March”? ________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ (1) Page 7 of 7