CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2

19 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)9 marksWith reference to Document 1, explain the response of the Amerindians to the arrival of the horsemen.
2. 1(b)(i)3 marksWith reference to Document 2, suggest a reason for the response of "the people" to the firing of the cannon.
3. 1(b)(ii)3 marksWith reference to Document 2, why would the Spaniards have welcomed the response?
4. 1(c)6 marksWith reference to Document 3, discuss TWO possible reasons why the chiefs "fired scarcely a single arrow".
5. 1(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents 1, 2 and 3, discuss THREE reasons for the conquest of Mexico.
6. 230 marksExamine the claim that West Africans were present in the Americas prior to 1492 is unconvincing.
7. 330 marksExplain why early European interaction with West Africa up to 1492 was not characterized by the raid-and-trade or raid-and-conquer pattern.
8. 4(a)3 marksWith reference to Document 1, explain what kept powering the rebels.
9. 4(b)9 marksWith reference to Document 2, describe how the fetish would help the rebels to succeed.
10. 4(c)9 marksWith reference to Document 3, examine THREE reasons for the view that the whites underestimated the rebels' ability.
11. 4(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents 1, 2 and 3, explain why the whites in St Domingue were unable to put down the revolt of 1791.
12. 530 marksDiscuss the claim that the system of chattel slavery in the Caribbean was fraught with contradictions.
13. 630 marksAssess the contribution of the abolition movements in Europe to the dismantlement of slavery.
14. 7(a)6 marksWith reference to Document 1, explain TWO reasons why political federation of the West Indies was desirable for West Indian nationalists.
15. 7(b)9 marksWith reference to Document 2, describe the "three Common Market Instruments" mentioned.
16. 7(c)6 marksWith reference to Document 3, explain TWO ways in which "West Indian people... have integrated".
17. 7(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents 1, 2 and 3, discuss THREE reasons why the desire for political federation has not been achieved.
18. 830 marksDiscuss the obstacles to worker solidarity between the immigrant groups and the formerly enslaved in the British Caribbean during the nineteenth century.
19. 930 marksDiscuss how Castro's actions were responsible for his rise to leadership of Cuba in 1959.