CAPE History Unit 1 · 2013 · 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)2 marksState ONE possible objective of the Vikings' expedition to the Americas with reference to Document I.
2. 1(a)(ii)4 marksOutline TWO activities in which the Vikings most likely were engaged after their arrival in the Americas with reference to Document I.
3. 1(b)9 marksWith reference to Document II, explain why the Icelandic sagas are regarded as historical evidence, including THREE reasons in your response.
4. 1(c)9 marksWith reference to Document III, explain why the village of L'Anse aux Meadows is significant in understanding the history of the Americas, including THREE reasons in your response.
5. 1(d)6 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, suggest TWO ways in which the Vikings had an impact on the Americas by 1492.
6. 230 marksSelect ONE of the indigenous groups in the Americas (Incas, Aztecs, or Mayas) and discuss the view that the selected group demonstrated an advanced level of social organization in the pre-Columbian period.
7. 330 marksDiscuss the ways in which the indigenous peoples of the Americas resisted Spanish attempts at domination up to 1600.
8. 4(a)6 marksWith reference to Document I, give THREE reasons why the planter suspected the enslaved of starting the fire.
9. 4(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, outline THREE ways in which religion was used as a method of control of the enslaved in the Caribbean during chattel slavery.
10. 4(c)9 marksWith reference to Document III, describe THREE practices related to manumission that existed during chattel slavery.
11. 4(d)9 marksExplain what EACH of the three Documents (I, II and III) suggests about the issue of gender on a sugar plantation during chattel slavery.
12. 530 marksDiscuss the impact of the institution of slavery on the reproduction and mortality of the enslaved population in the West Indies.
13. 630 marksDiscuss the consequences of ONE of the following slave rebellions: (i) The Berbice Rebellion of 1763, (ii) The Barbados Revolt of 1816, (iii) The Virginia Insurrection of 1831, or (iv) The Jamaica Rebellion of 1831–1832.
14. 7(a)9 marksWith reference to Document I, explain why the former enslaved (freed people) in Barbados experienced difficulties as they tried to establish themselves as independent proprietors during the nineteenth century, including…
15. 7(b)(i)4 marksWith reference to Document II, outline TWO reasons for the existence of "uncertain tenure" in Jamaica.
16. 7(b)(ii)2 marksWith reference to Document II, outline ONE consequence of this "uncertain tenure".
17. 7(c)6 marksWith reference to Document III, account for the slow development of the peasantry in British Guiana in the period immediately following emancipation, including TWO reasons in your response.
18. 7(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, explain THREE ways in which the peasantry contributed to the development of Caribbean society.
19. 830 marksDiscuss the strategies used by the people of the British-colonized Caribbean to establish independence movements from the 1930s onwards.
20. 930 marksDiscuss the reasons for Guadeloupe and Martinique becoming overseas departments of France from 1946, and the benefits they gained from this arrangement.