# Social Sciences Grade 7 November 2021 Question Paper > Grade 7 Social Sciences question paper from the November Exam 2021, 8 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, memo linked when available. - Page: https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-7-social-sciences-2021-november-exam-question-paper/dbebc40f-a6f4-462f-ad62-aafd43a8f0fc - Updated: 2026-10-29 - Subject: Social Sciences - Grade: Grade 7 - Document type: Question paper - Year: 2021 - Exam period: November Exam - Curriculum: CAPS - Pages: 8 Breadcrumbs: [Home](https://www.hlayiso.com/) › [Library](https://www.hlayiso.com/library) › [Grade 7](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-7) › [Social Sciences](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-7/social-sciences) › [Social Sciences Grade 7 November 2021 Question Paper](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-7-social-sciences-2021-november-exam-question-paper/dbebc40f-a6f4-462f-ad62-aafd43a8f0fc) ## About this document Social Sciences · Grade 7 · November Exam · 2021. Question paper, 8 pages. Read online or download the PDF. Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 Bedfordview Primary School Task 4 - November Controlled Test Name: Grade 7: Subject: History Examiner: Mr S. Visser Date: 19 November 2021 Moderator: Miss N. Robben Time Allocation: 1 hour INSTRUCTIONS 1. An extra 10 minutes will be provided for reading. 2. Write neatly and legibly. 3. Answer in the spaces provided. 4. This paper consists of 8 pages. Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL % Allocated mark 4 6 4 6 5 5 5 5 10 50 Learner’s mark Moderated mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 – 29% 30 – 39% 40 – 49% 50 – 59% 60 – 69% 70 – 79% 80 – 100% Section 1: Colonisation of the Cape [25 marks] Question 1 - Study the image below and complete all the questions. Source A These people were known as pastoralists who kept animals that were useful to them. 1.1. Identify the people in Source A. (Highlight the correct answer.) (1) Xhosa San Khoikhoi Trekboers 1.2. Highlight one reason why they never stayed in one place. (1) o They moved around to find more water for their animals. o They moved around to find better grazing for their animals. o They moved around to find fertile soil for their crops. 1 | BEDFORDVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL – HISTORY PAGE TOTAL: ### Page 2 1.3. Explain what happened to their way of life after the Dutch started to establish permanent farms. You must mention two facts. (2) Question 2 - Look at the map below and answer all the questions. Source B A journey from the Netherlands to Batavia lasted between 6 months and 1 year. The journey was extremely long because the ships relied on the winds. 2.1. Which trading company used this trading route? (Highlight the correct answer.) (1) COV VOC VCO OVC 2.2. Select a possible reason for the VOC’s decision to use the Cape as a stopping point. (Highlight only one answer.) (1) o It is exactly halfway between the Netherlands and Australia. o It is exactly halfway between America and Batavia. o It is exactly halfway between the Netherlands and Batavia. 2.3. State in which year they established a refreshment station at the Cape? (1) 1652 1657 1752 1672 2.4. Construct a list of three things Jan van Riebeeck had to establish at the Cape? (3) Question 3 - Study the two sources about slavery at the Cape and answer the questions. (4) Source C 2 April 1654: It would be very much cheaper to have the agricultural work, seal-catching and all the other necessary work done by slaves in return for plain food of rice and fish or seal and penguin meat alone and without pay. The slaves could be obtained very cheaply from Madagascar, together with rice in one voyage. Adapted from: Journal of Jan van Riebeeck (Volume I) introductions and footnotes by HB Thom, Van Riebeeck Society 2 | BEDFORDVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL – HISTORY PAGE TOTAL: ### Page 3 Source D The only people who saw the event – at least the only ones who were prepared to talk – were Maarten’s fellow slaves. They said that, sometime earlier, Maarten had run away, but was caught. Crugel ordered him to spend the night chained to a wagon and then whipped him with a sjambok. After this, Maarten ran away again, was caught again, and was whipped once more. This time, he died. The surgeon agreed with what the slaves said. The court convicted and fined Crugel. The court also ordered that the slaves who had given evidence against him must be sold to new owners. This source has been adapted from Oxford Successful Social Sciences. 3.1. Which source tells us that the VOC relied on slaves? Motivate your answer. (2) 3.2. Write two sentences to describe how Source D shows that slaves were often mistreated by their owners. (2) Question 4 - Read the Case Study about William Bleek and Lucy Lloyd and complete the questions. (6) The work of William (Wilhelm) Bleek and Lucy Lloyd In 1869 some San men, who were living in the Northern Cape, were arrested for stock theft. The men were sent to the Breakwater prison in Cape Town. In Cape Town, Dr Wilhelm Bleek from Germany, a man who studied languages, and his sister-in-law, Ms Lucy Lloyd, interviewed the men. Three of the men could speak /Xam, and also remembered how their parents and grandparents had lived as hunter- gatherers. It was arranged that the three men, //Kabbo, /Han#kass’o and Dia!kwain, would live at the Bleek family home in Cape Town. Bleek and Lloyd slowly learned the /Xam language and wrote it down, making up symbols for the ‘clicks’ in the language. Bleek and Lloyd filled more than 130 notebooks with what the men told them, written in /Xam. Later the English translations were added alongside the /Xam. From these notebooks we have information and knowledge of /Xam beliefs and stories, as well as the meaning of rock paintings. If this information had not been written down by Bleek and Lloyd, it would have been lost forever. Extract: Platinum Successful Social Sciences – Grade 7 3 | BEDFORDVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL – HISTORY PAGE TOTAL: ### Page 4 4.1. Highlight the main reason why William Bleek came to the Cape. (1) o He came to the Cape to marry Lucy Lloyd. o He wanted to study the San language. o He wanted to free the prisoners. 4.2. State why the three San men were arrested. (1) o They stole crops from the farmers. o They stole money from the colony. o They stole animals from the farmers. 4.3. Do you think these men had a reason to steal from the farmers? Motivate your answer. (2) 4.4. Do you think the work Bleek and Lloyd did was important to historians? Motivate your answer. (2) Question 5 – Paragraph Writing (5) The refreshment station grew from a small outpost to a colony under Jan van Riebeeck’s rule as governor. Use the PEEL method to write a paragraph to explain how his decisions could be seen as the start of a colony. (Use the rubric below as a guidline.) 4 3 2 1 0 Total Layout The learner used the The learner did not PEEL method use the PEEL method. successfully and included an opening sentence and conclusion. Content The learner included 4 The learner included 3 The learner included 2 The learner included 1 No facts or incorrect facts to discuss Jan facts to discuss Jan facts to discuss Jan fact to discuss Jan Van facts were included. Van Riebeeck’s rule as Van Riebeeck’s rule as Van Riebeeck’s rule as Riebeeck’s rule as governor. governor. governor. governor. Section 2: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony. [15 marks] 4 | BEDFORDVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL – HISTORY PAGE TOTAL: ### Page 5 Question 6 - Study the map below and complete the questions. (5) Source E The Eastern Cape frontier 6.1. Choose the best answer to complete the statement. (1) A frontier is … o a town where many people live. o a border between different communities. o a river. 6.2. Highlight the names of two British towns that were founded as the frontier expanded. (2) Somerset Suurveld King William’s Town Grahamstown 6.3. Which area was fought over? Explain why people fought over the land. (2) Question 7 - Study the following events and place them in the correct chronological order. (5) The first 4 events are in the correct order. 1779 – Start of the First Frontier War between the Xhosa and Dutch. 1793 – End of the Second Frontier War. 1799 – Last frontier war between the Xhosa and the Dutch. 1811 – The British take over the Zuurveld. The last five events are in the incorrect chronological order. Number the events from 1-5 to put them in the correct order. 1879 – The Xhosa lost all power and the British take control of all the land East of the Kei River. 1834 – The British create “empty land” between the Fish and Keiskamma Rivers. 1853 – The British drove the Xhosa off the land between the Keiskamma and Kei Rivers. 1819 –The Fifth Frontier War starts. 1846 – The British and Xhosa fight over the land between the Keiskamma and the Kei Rivers. 5 | BEDFORDVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL – HISTORY PAGE TOTAL: ### Page 6 Question 8 - Study the two sources about Inboekelinge and answer the questions. Source F As Boers took over more and more land, they found they needed more labour. Most adult African men still had their own land; they therefore had no interest to work on settler farms. In the short term, the need for labour was solved by the inboekelinge system. This was nothing short of slavery. In 1868, the Transvaal newspaper, De Rupublikein, spoke out against “whole wagon loads” of children continually hawked around the country. There were men, both black and white, who had become traders in children, kidnapping them in raids and selling them to Boers for domestic labour. Source: Adapted from Spot On Social Sciences – Grade 7 Source G Boer commandos carried out a series of raids on African homesteads in search of this black ivory of thousands of children. Inboekelinge were welcomed by Boer households as they carried out several different jobs. Some were used as herdsmen, ox-wagon leaders, diggers of irrigation canals, constructors of dam and kraal walls and the builders of Boer houses. Source: Adapted from Illustrated History of South Africa: The real story by C Saunders et al (eds), 1992 8.1. Highlight one reason why the inboekelinge system was started. (1) o The Boers did not want to use servants anymore. o The African men did not want to work for the Boers. o The Boers did not want to employ any adults. 8.2. Name two types of work inboekelinge had to do. (2) 8.3. Highlight two reasons why the inboekelinge system seems like slavery. (2) o The children volunteered to become slaves. o The children were forcefully taken against their own free will. o The children worked in return for freedom and a salary. o The children were forced to work for the farmers. Section 3: Essay- Co-operation and conflict on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony [10 marks] You are required to write an essay about the Co-operation and conflict on the eastern frontier. Chief Maqoma was without a question the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa’s 19 th century frontier wars. Write an essay to discuss Chief Maqoma as a person, warrior, and legacy. Your essay should include the following: 6 | BEDFORDVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL – HISTORY PAGE TOTAL: ### Page 7  How Chief Maqoma fought for and with his people during the frontier wars.  What Chief Maqoma is best known for. The following rubric will be used to mark your essay. 3 2 1 0 Total Opening The opening statement gives The opening statement does No opening statement was statement a clear indication of what the not give a clear indication of included. essay will be about. what the essay will be about. Paragraph 1 Three facts were mentioned Two facts were mentioned Only one fact was mentioned No facts or incorrect facts The warrior about Chief Maqoma as a about Chief Maqoma as a about Chief Maqoma as a were included. warrior. warrior. warrior. Paragraph 2 Three facts were mentioned Two facts were mentioned Only one fact was mentioned No facts or incorrect facts The legacy about Chief Maqoma as a about Chief Maqoma as a about Chief Maqoma as a were included. Xhosa legacy. Xhosa legacy. Xhosa legacy. Conclusion The conclusion clearly The conclusion does not No conclusion was included. summarizes the life of Chief clearly summarize the life of Maqoma. Chief Maqoma. Total marks /10 Important: Please note that an essay planning sheet is included on the next page. Use the page to carefully plan your essay. (Your planning is not for marks.) Please complete the essay on the provided folio paper. 7 | BEDFORDVIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL – HISTORY PAGE TOTAL: ### Page 8 Essay Planning Page Building the argument Opening statement: Your reasons and evidence P E E L Make your point. 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