Grade 5 History Memo June 2021

1 TOM NEWBY SCHOOL MEMO Subject History Examiner Mrs. v Coppenhagen Date June 2021 Total marks 30 marks Grade 5 Duration 1 hour Moderator Miss Botha QUESTIONS ANSWERS MARK LEVEL SECTION A [10] QUESTION 1 1.1 B 1 1 1.2 D 1 1 1.3 E 1 1 1.4 A 1 1 1.5 C 1 1 QUESTION 2 2.1 A farmer who makes enough food to provide only for 1 2 his family or the group he/she lives with. 2.2 If the land has too many animals feeding on it or if the 1 2 same area is grazed for too long, then there is no time for the grass to recover and it does not grow back. 2.3 The period in history when people made and used 1 2 iron tools and weapons. 2.4 made up of many homesteads. 1 2 2.5 a group of households. 1 2 SECTION B [10] QUESTION 3 3.1 The San were the first people in SA and it’s a good 1 3 way to remember them. 3.2 ‘Unity in Diversity’ 2 3 Although we are all different, we stand together. 3.3 Because in SA we have so many different cultures 1 4 and religions but we all still strive to work together. 3.4 To protect an object, that has a lot of value to it, 2 5 against the sun, wind and rain. 3.5 Western Cape 1 3 3.6 A sign that stands for something else. 1 2 3.7 Unity and Strength 2 3 SECTION C [10] QUESTION 4 4.1 Farmers lived differently to hunters-gatherers. They 4 5 had to stay in one place long enough to plant and harvest their crops. They built permanent homes near their fields. These remains show us that most of their houses were circular and made form either mud

2 bricks with grass roofs or dome-shaped woven from grass. Farmers lived in large groups and many people were needed to work in the fields. People lived, with their families, in homesteads. Inside the walls of the homestead were huts where the people lived, separate areas to store food, areas to keep the cattle as well as communal areas where people ate or socialized. Some people had more power than others. Some villages formed chiefdoms where they had a leader or chief. The whole community would work together at harvest time and help each other when times were hard. 4.2 a) Men and boys were responsible 3 4 for hunting as well as looking after and tending to the animals and protecting the tribe members from wild animals. b) Women looked after the crops and took care of weeding in the fields. They also cooked, cleaned and collected water. c) Children did not go to school; they learnt their roles and skills from adults in the community. 4.3 The Chief would control the community’s trade with 3 4 outsiders as well as ensure goods were distributed amongst the community to benefit all. Chiefs often demanded tax which was paid to him for living under his protection. TOTAL [30]