PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT
GRADE 10
HISTORY
JUNE 2024
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TIME: 2 hours
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History Grade 10 North West June 2024 Question Paper (Eng)
Grade 10 History question paper from the North West June Exam 2024 (English), 6 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, memo linked when available.
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History 2 NW/June 2024
Grade 10
INSTRUCRTIONS 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: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
QUESTION 2: TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AFTER 1750
SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
QUESTION 3: COURSE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
QUESTION 4: TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AFTER 1750
2. SECTION A consists of TWO source-based questions. Source material that is
required to answer these questions can be found in the ADDENDUM.
3. SECTION B consists of TWO essay questions.
4. Answer any TWO questions as follows:
4.1 ONE source-based question must be answered (and you CANNOT answer
TWO source based questions).
4.2 ONE essay question must be answered including ONE source-based
question, (and you cannot answer TWO essay questions).
5 You are advised to spend ONE hour per question.
6 When answering questions, learners should apply their knowledge, skills 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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SECTION A: SOURCE-BASED QUESTIONS
Answer at least ONE question, but not more than TWO questions, in this section. Source
material to be used to answer these questions is contained in the ADDENDUM.
QUESTION 1: HOW DID THE BIASED SOCIAL ORDER AND THE TROUBLED
ECONOMY LEAD TO THE REVOLUTION IN 1789?
Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that follow.
1.1 Refer to Source 1A
1.1.1 Name the THREE traditional divisions or orders that separated the French
society? (3 x 1) (3)
1.1.2 Define the word Privileges in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
1.1.3 What does the source suggest by the statement “Because these privileges
were passed on primarily through inheritance, they tended to constrain
social mobility?” (2 x 2) (4)
1.1.4 What, according to the source, did the writers of Enlightenment propose
should determine social standing? (1 x 2) (2)
1.2 Consult Source 1B
1.2.1 Name the controller general of finances who arranged the summoning of an
assembly of “notables”. (1 x 1) (1)
1.2.2 List the THREE groups that constituted the assembly of notables as
mentioned in the source. (3 x 1) (3)
1.2.3 Using the source and your own knowledge, explain why France found itself
having a budget deficit. (2 x 2) (4)
1.2.4 What changes according to the source were designed to eliminate the
budget deficit? (1 x 1) (1)
1.2.5 What, do you think was the cause of the revolt of the aristocratic bodies,”
notably the parlements? (1 x 2) (2)
1.3 Refer to sources 1A and 1B. explain how evidence in Source 1A differs with the
information in Source 1B regarding the outbreak of the revolution. (1 x 2) (2)
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1.4 Use Source 1C
1.4.1 Define the word Revolution in the context of the
French Revolution. (1 x 2) (2)
1.4.2 What, according to the source did the people of France do about their fate
for generations? (1 x 1) (1)
1.4.3 Comment, on why there was a change at the advent of the
18th century. (2 x 2) (4)
1.4.4 Name FOUR philosophers in the source, in France at the time of the
revolution. (4 x 1) (4)
1.4.5 What, according to the source, would help to uncover the laws that
governed society and could also condemn practices such
as absolutism? (1 x 1) (1)
1.4.6 Explain why do you think they implied by the statement “To deliver society
from such evil, they adopted the watchwords: liberty, equality and fraternity
which was to become the slogan of the French Revolution”. (1 x 2) (2)
1.5 Refer to Source 1D
1.5.1 Name the TWO estates in France that are shown and mentioned in the
source enjoying privileges over the peasants. (2 x 1) (2)
1.5.2 What do you think is the message of the visual source? (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 did the biased
social order and the troubled economy in France lead to the revolution in 1789? (8)
[50]
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QUESTION 2: WHAT HELPED MOSHOESHOE TO BUILD THE BASOTHO NATION
OUT OF THE SPLINTER GROUPS CREATED BY THE DIFAQANE
WARS?
Study Sources 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D and answer the questions that follow.
2.1 Study Source 2A
2.1.1 What is the name that Lepoqo was also known by, as mentioned in the
source? (1 x 1) (1)
2.1.2 What TWO activities, according to the source led him to be called as such?
(2 x 1) (2)
2.1.3 How did Moshoeshoe, as mentioned in the source, became the chief of the
Bamokoteli? (1 x 2) (2)
2.1.4 Using the source and your own knowledge, explain how Moshoeshoe was
able to build the Basotho nation during the period known as the ‘Mfecane’ or
Difaqane (1813-1830). (2 x 2) (4)
2.1.5 What does the source mean with the words “he warded off attacks from
many enemies”? (2 x 2) (4)
2.2 Refer to Source 2B
2.2.1 Quote THREE reasons from the source that led to migration in the region.
(3 x 1) (3)
2.2.2 How, according to the source, Moshoeshoe attract people through the
protection he was able to provide? (2 x 2) (4)
2.2.3 Define the word Difaqane/Mfecane in your own words. (1 x 2) (2)
2.2.4 What can you deduce from the words “He strengthened his new nation by
raiding local Thembu and Xhosa groups for cattle and adopting the use of
horses and firearms”. (2 x 2) (4)
2.2.5 Which new fighting skill helped Moshoeshoe defeat the Griqua and Korana
that expanded his control in the Caledon valley as mentioned by the
source? (1 x 2) (2)
2.3 Refer to sources 2A and 2B, explain how evidence in Source 2A supports the
information in Source 2B regarding how Moshoeshoe build the
Basotho Nation. (1 x 2) (2)
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2.4 Study Source 2C
2.4.1 What did Moshoeshoe decide to do in order to protect the
Bamokoteli? (1 x 2) (2)
2.4.2 Name TWO tributes that both the Bamokoteli and Moshoeshoe gave to
Shaka. (2 x 1) (2)
2.4.3 Explain to what extend you agree with the statement that “Shaka responded
by telling his kgotla that Moshoeshoe was wise to do so”. (1 x 2) (2)
2.5 Study Source 2D
2.5.1 Why do you think the photographer took this picture? (2 x 2) (4)
2.5.2 What does the clothing style that Moshoeshoe and his council tell you about
them? (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 what helped
Moshoeshoe to build the Basotho nation out of the splinter groups created by
the difaqane wars? (8)
[50]
SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS
Answer ONE question and not TWO questions, in this section.
Your essay should be about TWO pages long.
QUESTION 3: WHICH EVENTS DURING THE REVOLUTION HELPED TO REMOVE
LOUIS XVI FROM THE THRONE IN THE 1700S?
“The calling the Estates General and the events that followed, led to the execution of
Louis XVI and were significant enough to cause a revolution”.
Explain to what extent do you agree with the statement above. Use relevant evidence to
discuss the events that led to the fall of the French monarchy to support your line of
argument. [50]
QUESTION 4: HOW DID THE BATSWANA CLANS RISE TO BECOME GREAT
CHIEFDOMS AFTER 1750S?
“The ability to evolve and organise into bigger groups due to environmental pressure and
to trade with other groups led to the rise of the Batswana chiefdoms”.
Critically discuss the statement. Support your line of argument with relevant
evidence. [50]
TOTAL: 100
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