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EASTERN CAPE
EDUCATION
NATIONAL
SENIOR CERTIFICATE
GRADE 12
SEPTEMBER 2012
HISTORY P2
MARKS: 150
TIME: 3 hours
*HISTE2*
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History Grade 12 P2 Eastern Cape Mock 2012 QP (Eng)
Grade 12 History Paper 2 question paper from the Eastern Cape Mock Exam 2012 (English), 10 pages. Read online or download the free PDF.
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2 HISTORY P2 (SEPTEMBER 2012)
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO CANDIDATES
1. The question paper consists of FOUR questions based on prescribed
content as contained in the guideline document:
OUESTION 1: WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE
USSR IN 1989?
On ending apartheid in South Africa
QUESTION 2: WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE
USSR IN 1989 ON AFRICA? Reintroduction of a nation in
the 1990s
Case Study: Angola
QUESTION 3: HOW DID SOUTH AFRICA EMERGE AS A DEMOCRACY
FROM THE CRISES OF THE 1990s?
QUESTION 4: DEALING WITH THE PAST AND FACING THE FUTURE:
THE WORK OF THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
COMMISSION
2. Each question counts 75 marks of which 45 marks are for the source-based
questions and 30 marks for the extended writing questions.
3. Candidates are required to answer any TWO questions.
4. When answering questions, candidates should apply their knowledge, skills
and insight.
5. A mere rewriting of the sources as answers will disadvantage candidates.
6. Questions should be answered by referring to the ADDENDUM.
7. Write neatly and legibly.
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(SEPTEMBER 2012) HISTORY P2 3
QUESTION 1: HOW DID GORBACHEV’S DECISION NOT ONLY BRING CHANGES
TO THE SOVIET UNION, BUT ALSO INFLUENCED THE SITUATION
IN SOUTH AFRICA?
Study sources 1A, 1B and 1C and answer the following questions.
1.1 Refer to source 1A:
1.1.1 Using your own knowledge, explain the following concepts:
(a) Communism (1x2) (2)
(b) Coup (1x2) (2)
1.1.2 What, according the source were the TWO reforms that
Gorbachev implemented that brought change to the Soviet
Union? (1x2) (2)
1.1.3 Using the source and your own knowledge, explain what the
consequences of Gorbachev reforms for the Soviet Union were.
(2x2) (4)
1.1.4 How does the written source and the visual source complement
(support) each other in terms of Gorbachev’s reforms? (2x2) (4)
1.2 Use source 1B:
1.2.1 Use the source and your own knowledge and explain what
Botha meant with the words: “We have painted ourselves in a
corner.” (2x2) (4)
1.2.2 In your opinion, what was the way out or the solution to their (NP
government) problems that could save them from the situation?
(1x2) (2)
1.2.3 Use the source and your own knowledge to explain the results
(impact) of the fall of communism on South Africa. (2x2) (4)
1.2.4 Using the source and your own knowledge, identify what
external pressures forced the NP to negotiate with the ANC.
(2x2) (4)
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1.3 Consult source 1C:
1.3.1 Using the source and your own knowledge, explain what De
Klerk’s speech of 2 February 1990 meant for South Africa. (2x2) (4)
1.3.2 Use the information in the source and your own knowledge, and
explain if De Klerk realised the implications of his speech.
Motivate your answer. (1x3) (3)
1.3.3 Compare sources 1A with 1C and mention what the two have in
common. (1x3) (3)
1.4 Using all the sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of
about SIX lines (about 60 words) explaining why the South African
government were forced to change its Apartheid policy. (6)
1.5 EXTENDED WRITING (Your response should be about TWO pages in
length).
Answer ONE of the following questions: QUESTION 1.5.1 OR
QUESTION 1.5.2.
1.5.1 Explain how Gorbachev’s decision not only brought changes in
the Soviet Union, but in South Africa as well. (30)
OR
1.5.2 Using the information from the sources and your own
knowledge, write an essay on how the end of communism,
internal and external pressure forced both the NP government
and the ANC to negotiate. (30)
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(SEPTEMBER 2012) HISTORY P2 5
QUESTION 2: HOW DID THE COLLAPSE OF THE USSR CONTRIBUTE TO
ANGOLA TO RE-IMAGINE ITSELF IN THE 1990s?
Study sources 2A(i) and 2A(ii), 2B and 2C to answer the following questions.
2.1 Consult source 2A (i) and 2(ii):
2.1.1 What message is being depicted by this cartoon? (1x2) (2)
2.1.2 Use your own knowledge and explain why the Russians became
involved in Angola. (2x2) (4)
2.1.3 Using your own knowledge and explain how the Soviet Union’s
role changed after 1989 towards Angola. (2x2) (4)
2.1.4 Define the term civil war in your own words. (1x2) (2)
2.1.5 Use your own knowledge and the source and explain how
Angola became a continuation of the Cold War. (1x2) (2)
2.1.6 Use the information in the source and explain why South Africa
chose to get involved in Angola. (2x2) (4)
2.1.7 What information in the source indicates that Angola adopted a
democratic governing system? (2x2) (4)
2.2 Refer to source 2B:
2.2.1 What according the source were the main natural resources
found in Angola? (3x1) (3)
2.2.2 Use the information in the source and your own knowledge to
explain why Angola never developed into a wealthy nation. (2x2) (4)
2.2.3 Use the source and your own knowledge to define what is meant
by “subsistence farming”. (1x2) (2)
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2.3 Study source 2C:
2.3.1 Use the source and your own knowledge and explain how the
lives of ordinary people were affected by the Cold War conflict in
Angola. (2x2) (4)
2.3.2 Use the source and your own knowledge to explain whether you
agree or disagree with the following statement: “Angola’s
democracy, like its independence seventeen years before, was
born in blood.” Motivate your answer. (2x2) (4)
2.4 Using all the sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of
about SIX lines (about 60 words) explaining the significance of Angola
with regards to the Cold War. (6)
2.5 EXTENDED WRITING (Your answer should be about TWO pages long).
Answer ONE of the following questions: QUESTION 2.5.1 OR
QUESTION 2.5.2.
2.5.1 Explain how the collapse of the USSR contributed to Angola re-
imagining itself in the 1990s. (30)
OR
2.5.2 “The ending of the Cold War not only had positive effects on
Angola, but negative effects as well.” Motivate your answer by
using all the sources and your own knowledge to state whether
you agree with the statement or not. (30)
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QUESTION 3: HOW DID THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS EVENTUALLY LEAD
TO THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN 1994?
Study sources 3A, 3B and 3C to answer the following questions.
3.1 Refer to source 3A:
3.1.1 Explain the follow concepts in your own words:
(a) Referendum (1x2) (2)
(b) Interim Constitution (1x2) (2)
3.1.2 Using the source, explain why the National Party and the IFP
objected to the ANC’s proposal that an elected assembly should
draw up the constitution. (1x2) (2)
3.1.3 Explain in your own words who or what Umkhonto we sizwe
were that caused controversy. (1x2) (2)
3.1.4 In your opinion, were Mandela justified by not abandoning
Umkhonto we sizwe? Motivate your answer. (2x2) (4)
3.1.5 Using your own knowledge, explain the message that is being
conveyed in this visual source. (2x2) (4)
3.2 Use source 3B:
3.2.1 Do you agree with De Klerk’s election manifesto “that the
National Party is entirely new. It ended apartheid.”?
Motivate your answer. (2x2) (4)
3.2.2 By using your own knowledge, explain why there was continued
violence even on the eve of the first democratic elections. (2x2) (4)
3.2.3 Using the source and your own knowledge, explain what was
different regarding the National Party’s election campaign in
comparison with past campaigns. (1x2) (2)
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3.3 Refer to source 3C:
3.3.1 By using your own knowledge and the source, explain what the
long queues in the visual source symbolise about the people of
South Africa. (2x2) (4)
3.3.2 Explain how Joe Sondlana felt after he voted. (3x1) (3)
3.3.3 Explain the usefulness of the visual source to a historian
studying the political changes in South Africa. (1x2) (2)
3.3.4 By using your own knowledge, explain why Mandela decided to
vote in Kwa-Zulu Natal. (2x2) (4)
3.4 Use all the sources and your own knowledge, write a paragraph of about
SIX lines (about 60 words) on how South Africans handled the 1994
elections. (6)
3.5 EXTENDED WRITING (Your response should be about TWO pages in
length).
Answer ONE of the following questions: QUESTION 3.5.1 OR 3.5.2.
3.5.1 Discuss how the process of negotiations eventually led to the
first democratic election in 1994. (30)
OR
3.5.2 Using all the sources and your own knowledge, write a report on
the events that led to the following statement become reality:
“Nelson Mandela a previous jailbird becomes the president of
South Africa.” (30)
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QUESTION 4: WHAT ROLE DID THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
COMMISSION (TRC) PLAY IN HEALING THE SOUL OF SOUTH
AFRICANS?
Study sources 4A, 4B and 4C to answer the following questions.
4.1 Refer to source 4A:
4.1.1 Explain in your own words the concept: Reconciliation (1x2) (2)
4.1.2 Why, according the source and your own knowledge was it
important to establish reconciliation amongst South Africans?
(2x2) (4)
4.1.3 By using your own knowledge and the source, what were the
aims of reconciliation? (2x2) (4)
4.1.4 Do you agree with the explanation that restorative justice would
heal the souls of South Africans? Motivate your answer. (2x2) (4)
4.1.5 Using the source and your own knowledge, what is the
difference between restorative and retributive justice? (2x2) (4)
4.2 Use source 4B:
4.2.1 Using your own knowledge, explain why there was still so much
hatred, bitterness and racism in South Africa after 1994. (2x2) (4)
4.2.2 Name ONE of the black rival groups and its leader that terrorised
the ANC townships, to which the source is referring. (1x2) (2)
4.2.3 By using your own knowledge, explain what is meant by the
statement that the TRC has helped to “clear the air”. (1x2) (2)
4.2.4 Using your own knowledge, identify who is the beast that
Archbishop Tutu is referring to. (1x2) (2)
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4.3 Consult source 4C:
4.3.1 By using your own knowledge and the source, explain whether
you agree with Mxenge’s statement that the TRC has forced the
issue of amnesty down their throats. Motivate your answer. (2x2) (4)
4.3.2 By using the source and your own knowledge, explain why the
TRC was criticised for its composition. (1x2) (2)
4.3.3 In spite of the criticism of its composition, do you think the TRC
was biased? Motivate your answer. (1x2) (2)
4.3.4 Use the information from the source and explain why the TRC
was criticised. (3x1) (3)
4.4 Using all the sources and your own knowledge write a paragraph of about
SIX lines (about 60 words) that indicate that not everybody was happy
with the work of the TRC, while others felt that it had good intentions. (6)
4.5 EXTENDED WRITING (Your response should be about TWO pages in
length).
Answer ONE of the following questions: QUESTION 4.5.1 OR
QUESTION 4.5.2.
4.5.1 Discuss the role that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
played in healing the soul of South Africans. (30)
OR
4.5.2 Using the information from the sources and your own
knowledge, write an article for a historical journal on the
following topic: “In spite of the combination and criticism the TRC
still managed to bring reconciliation amongst South Africans.” (30)
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TOTAL: 150
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