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HISTORY P2
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History Grade 12 P2 Eastern Cape Prelim 2024 QP (Eng)
Grade 12 History Paper 2 question paper from the Eastern Cape Prelim Exam 2024 (English), 9 pages. Read online or download the free PDF.
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2 HISTORY P2 (EC/SEPTEMBER 2024)
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: CIVIL RESISTANCE, 1970s TO 1980s: SOUTH AFRICA
QUESTION 2: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH AFRICA
AND COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST
QUESTION 3: THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND A NEW WORLD
ORDER, 1989 TO THE PRESENT
SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
QUESTION 4: CIVIL RESISTANCE, 1970s TO 1980s: SOUTH AFRICA:
THE CRISIS OF APARTHEID IN THE 1980s
QUESTION 5: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH AFRICA
COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST: NEGOTIATED
SETTLEMENT AND THE GNU
QUESTION 6: THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND A NEW WORLD
ORDER: THE EVENTS OF 1989
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 follow:
4.1 At least ONE must be source-based question and at least ONE must
be an essay question.
4.2 The THIRD question can either be a source-based question or an
essay question.
5. You are advised to spend at least ONE hour per question.
6. When answering questions, you should apply your knowledge, skill 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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(EC/SEPTEMBER 2024) HISTORY P2 3
SECTION A: SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS
Answer at least ONE question, but not more than TWO questions, in this
SECTION. Source material that is required to answer these questions is contained
in the ADDENDUM.
QUESTION 1: HOW DID THE CONGRESS OF SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS
(COSAS) RESIST APARTHEID IN THE 1980s?
Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that follow.
1.1 Read Source 1A.
1.1.1 What, according to the source, did COSAS devote itself to?
(2 x 1) (2)
1.1.2 Name TWO statements of beliefs that COSAS adopted. (2 x 1) (2)
1.1.3 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge
explain why COSAS adopted the theme, ‘Student-worker
Action.’ (1 x 2) (2)
1.1.4 Comment on why you think the information in the source is
useful when researching the reasons for the formation of
COSAS. (2 x 2) (4)
1.2 Refer to Source 1B.
1.2.1 What type of resistance tactics, according to the source, were
staged under the banner of COSAS? (2 x 1) (2)
1.2.2 What do you think were the school-based issues that led to the
school boycotts? (2 x 2) (4)
1.2.3 Define the concept of boycott in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
1.2.4 Comment on what COSAS meant by the slogan, ‘Liberation
before Education.’ (2 x 2) (4)
1.3 Use Source 1C.
1.3.1 What messages are conveyed in the poster regarding the
reasons for the demands made by COSAS? (2 x 2) (4)
1.3.2 Name TWO speakers at this conference as indicated on the
poster. (2 x 1) (2)
1.4 Compare Source 1B and Source 1C. Explain how the information in
Source 1B supports the evidence in Source 1C regarding the role played
by COSAS in resisting apartheid. (2 x 2) (4)
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1.5 Consult Source 1D.
1.5.1 Why, according to the source, was Mogale arrested? (1 x 2) (2)
1.5.2 Name TWO consequences that the state repression had on
students. (2 x 1) (2)
1.5.3 Comment on what the COSAS speaker implied with the following
statement: ‘We will prove in action that Bantu education is evil.
We will revolt against it until it has been utterly scrapped, dumped
on the junk-bin of history, and buried once and for all.’
(2 x 2) (4)
1.5.4 Define the concept State of Emergency in the context of the
government’s reaction to the student revolts. (1 x 2) (2)
1.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge,
write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words) explaining how
COSAS resisted apartheid in the 1980s. (8)
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(EC/SEPTEMBER 2024) HISTORY P2 5
QUESTION 2: HOW DID THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
COMMISSION (TRC) DEAL WITH THE MURDERS OF THE
GUGULETHU SEVEN?
Study Sources 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D and answer the questions that follow.
2.1 Read Source 2A.
2.1.1 Which incident in the source shows an escalation in armed
attacks by MK operatives? (1 x 1) (1)
2.1.2. Identify THREE askaris, according to the source, that was
deployed by Major General Griebnouw to the Western Cape to
infiltrate the Gugulethu Seven. (3 x 1) (3)
2.1.3 Comment on why you think Major General Griebnouw called for
the assistance of Vlakplaas. (2 x 2) (4)
2.1.4 Define the term askari in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
2.1.5 In the context of the killing of Gugulethu Seven, comment on the
following statement about the attitude of the police, “All sustained
numerous gunshot wounds to their bodies: all were shot in the
head: one had half his face blown away.” (2 x 2) (4)
2.2 Refer to Source 2B.
2.2.1 Name the TWO police officers, as quoted in the source, who
applied for amnesty for the death of the Gugulethu Seven. (2 x 1) (2)
2.2.2. Why, according to Mbelo, would it have been easy to arrest the
Gugulethu Seven? (1 x 2) (2)
2.2.3 Comment on why you think the TRC granted Mbelo amnesty.
(1 x 2) (2)
2.2.4 Explain the reliability of this source to a historian studying
the TRC hearings. (2 x 2) (4)
2.3 Use Source 2C.
2.3.1 What messages are conveyed in this cartoon regarding the aims
of the TRC? (2 x 2) (4)
2.3.2 Identify the leader of the TRC who was leading the process.
(1 x 2) (2)
2.4 Compare Source 2B and 2C. Explain how the information in Source 2B
supports the evidence in Source 2C regarding the work of the TRC.
(2 x 2) (4)
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2.5 Consult Source 2D.
2.5.1 Name the TWO political activists in the source who were killed
by the police in 1985. (2 x 1) (2)
2.5.2 Explain what Nomvewu Ngewu meant in her statement, “We do
not want to return the evil that perpetrators committed to the
nation. We want to demonstrate humanness towards them so
that they in turn may restore their own humanity.” (2 x 2) (4)
2.5.3 Define the term amnesty in the context of the TRC. (1 x 2) (2)
2.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge,
write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words), explaining how
the Truth and Reconciliation Commission dealt with the murders of the
Gugulethu Seven. (8)
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(EC/SEPTEMBER 2024) HISTORY P2 7
QUESTION 3: HOW DID GLOBALISATION AFFECT THE ECONOMIES OF
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?
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 globalisation in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
3.1.2 Why, according to the source, did the rate of globalisation
increase in recent years? (2 x 1) (2)
3.1.3 Quote TWO pieces of evidence from the source that
shows how businesses benefitted from globalisation. (2 x 1) (2)
3.1.4 Comment on what you think is implied by, “The garment industry
in Bangladesh, for instance, employs an estimated four million
people, but an average worker earns less in a month than an
American worker earns in a day.” (2 x 2) (4)
3.2 Study Source 3B.
3.2.1 Using the information in the source and your own knowledge,
explain why the migrant and sweatshop workers supported
action against globalisation. (2 x 2) (4)
3.2.2 Quote evidence from the source that suggests that some
protesters were aware of the activities of the World Trade
Organisation. (2 x 1) (2)
3.2.3 What were the TWO issues according to the source, that
protesters were not happy about, regarding the operation of the
World Trade Organisation? (2 x 1) (2)
3.2.4 Comment on the limitations of this source for a historian
studying the role that the WTO played in globalisation. (2 x 2) (4)
3.3 Use Source 3C.
3.3.1 What messages does the cartoon convey regarding
globalisation? (2 x 2) (4)
3.3.2 What impact, according to the cartoon, did the relocation of
production have on the USA? (1 x 2) (2)
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3.4 Read Source 3D.
3.4.1 Why, according to the information in the source, did multi-
national companies decide to locate their manufacturing
plants in overseas countries? (2 x 1) (2)
3.4.2 Define the term multi-national corporations in the context of
globalisation. (1 x 2) (2)
3.4.3 Using the source and your own knowledge, explain how the
multi-national companies disadvantaged the ordinary people in
developing countries. (2 x 2) (4)
3.4.4 Explain how multi-national companies benefitted from
globalisation. (1 x 2) (2)
3.5 Compare Source 3C and 3D. Explain how the evidence in
Source 3C supports the information in Source 3D regarding the
impact of globalisation on developing countries. (2 x 2) (4)
3.6 Using the information in the relevant sources and your own knowledge,
write a paragraph of about EIGHT lines (about 80 words), explaining how
globalisation affected the economies of developing countries. (8)
[50]
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(EC/SEPTEMBER 2024) HISTORY P2 9
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: CIVIL RESISTANCE,1970s TO 1980s: SOUTH AFRICA: THE
CRISIS OF APARTHEID IN THE 1980s
It was through the influence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) that
Black South Africans were able to stand up against the apartheid government in
the 1970s.
Do you agree with this statement? Substantiate your line of argument by using
relevant evidence. [50]
QUESTION 5: THE COMING OF DEMOCRACY TO SOUTH AFRICA AND
COMING TO TERMS WITH THE PAST: NEGOTIATED
SETTLEMENT AND THE GNU
The commitment and determination of various political leaders and parties
eventually led to the ending of apartheid, and the establishment of a democratic
South Africa.
Critically discuss this statement. Substantiate your line of argument by using
relevant evidence. [50]
QUESTION 6: THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND A NEW WORLD
ORDER: THE EVENTS OF 1989
Explain to what extent the collapse of communism helped both the ANC and NP
to realise that the only solution in South Africa was to negotiate.
Use relevant evidence to support your line of argument. [50]
TOTAL: 150
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