CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2

20 questions and parts from this paper. Open one to see it in full, then practise it on Quelpr and get it marked against the mark scheme.

1. 1(a)(i)4 marksWith reference to Document I, state the measures taken by Columbus in 1493 to make the island of Hispaniola more profitable.
2. 1(a)(ii)4 marksWith reference to Document I, briefly explain Columbus' concern to make Hispaniola "safer".
3. 1(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, outline TWO functions of the Church in Spanish settlements during the sixteenth century, apart from preaching and conversion.
4. 1(c)6 marksBriefly explain TWO factors that contributed to the conditions described in Document III.
5. 1(d)10 marksWhat do Documents I - III suggest about the objectives of early Spanish settlements, and the extent to which they were met by 1500?
6. 230 marksSelect TWO indigenous groups, ONE from Category 1 (Aztec, Inca, Maya) and ONE from Category 2 (Kalinago, Taino, Tupi). For the TWO groups selected, account for their different levels of achievement in agriculture before…
7. 330 marksAssess the credibility of the evidence for West African presence in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus.
8. 4(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, briefly explain the importance of provision grounds and marketing to the enslaved people in Barbados.
9. 4(b)6 marksWhat do Documents I and II suggest about the lifestyles of the enslaved people and of the planters?
10. 4(c)9 marksWith reference to Caribbean slavery, comment on the accuracy of the image of enslaved people as portrayed in Document III.
11. 4(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, comment briefly on THREE features of Caribbean slave society, apart from those referred to in (a) and (b) above.
12. 530 marksAssess the view that the enslaved people in Haiti were "the principal architects of their own freedom and of the successful movement towards national independence".
13. 630 marksAssess the strategies used by the British Abolitionists against the institution of slavery.
14. 7(a)(i)3 marksBriefly explain the reference to a "counter-revolutionary coup" in Document I.
15. 7(a)(ii)3 marksBriefly explain the reference to "the Rebel Army" in Document I.
16. 7(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, briefly explain TWO motives of Fidel Castro and the revolutionaries in overthrowing the Batista dictatorship.
17. 7(c)9 marksWith reference to Document III, briefly explain THREE reasons why the United States of America opposed the Cuban Revolution after 1959.
18. 7(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, explain how the United States of America demonstrated its opposition to the Cuban Revolution.
19. 830 marks"A conflict between the old order and new circumstances". Discuss this view with reference to ONE of the following workers' rebellions: - Labour Protest, St. Vincent, 1862 - Morant Bay Rebellion, Jamaica, 1865 -…
20. 930 marksDiscuss the view that internal instability and external hostility undermined the new Haitian state between 1804 and 1825.