CAPE History Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2

18 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)6 marksWith reference to Document I, comment on Columbus' assertion that indigenous peoples "bear no arms, nor know thereof".
2. 1(b)9 marksIdentify the indigenous group referred to in Document II and outline the role of religion in the lives of this group.
3. 1(c)12 marksWith reference to Document III, explain THREE ways in which the technology of the indigenous people differed from that of the Spaniards.
4. 1(d)3 marksBased on Documents I, II and III, outline ONE perception that the Spaniards had of the indigenous people.
5. 230 marks"The claim of a West African presence in the Americas prior to Columbus' arrival is unconvincing." Assess this view.
6. 330 marksExamine the effects of Spanish settlement on the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean up to 1600.
7. 4(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, outline the survival strategies of enslaved women in urban settings in the Caribbean.
8. 4(b)9 marksWith reference to Document II, describe the internal marketing system which existed alongside the plantation economy in the Caribbean.
9. 4(c)9 marksWith reference to Document III, explain the writer's perception of the difference between the African-born and Creole persons.
10. 4(d)6 marksTo what extent is the perception of Africans in Document III consistent with that portrayed in Documents I and II?
11. 530 marksSelect ONE of the following anti-slavery rebellions: (i) Berbice, 1763, (ii) Barbados, 1816, (iii) Virginia, 1831, (iv) Jamaica, 1831 – 1832. Discuss the view that the selected rebellion failed to achieve its primary…
12. 630 marks"Emancipation was designed to compensate the planters." Discuss this statement with reference to ONE of the following: (i) The 1833 Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies, (ii) The Decree to…
13. 7(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, outline THREE reasons why the Chinese immigrants were regarded as an 'industrious people' and 'a valuable addition to the community'.
14. 7(b)9 marksWith reference to Document II, give THREE arguments to support the view that the colonial governments did little to facilitate the adjustment of the Indian immigrants to life in the Caribbean.
15. 7(c)6 marksWith reference to Document III, explain TWO ways by which the Portuguese immigrants became 'wealthy merchants' of benefit to 'the colony'.
16. 7(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, give THREE reasons to support the view that immigrants were integrated into the social fabric of Caribbean society by 1900.
17. 830 marksDiscuss the strategies used by the people of the British-colonised Caribbean to attain independence in the 1950s and 1960s.
18. 930 marksAccount for the failure of the movement for independence in the French-colonised Caribbean up to the 1990s.