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Atlantic Connections · CAPE History Unit 1

78 past-paper questions on Atlantic Connections, part of Indigenous Societies, from every CAPE History Unit 1 paper on Quelpr.

Practise Atlantic Connections
  1. 26 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 1Describe TWO types of evidence that indicate the presence of Europeans in the Americas prior to 1492.
  2. 36 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 1Explain TWO factors that contributed to the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas.
  3. 1(a)(i)4 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, state the measures taken by Columbus in 1493 to make the island of Hispaniola more profitable.
  4. 1(a)(ii)4 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, briefly explain Columbus' concern to make Hispaniola "safer".
  5. 1(b)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, outline TWO functions of the Church in Spanish settlements during the sixteenth century, apart from preaching and conversion.
  6. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2Briefly explain TWO factors that contributed to the conditions described in Document III.
  7. 1(d)10 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2What do Documents I - III suggest about the objectives of early Spanish settlements, and the extent to which they were met by 1500?
  8. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2005 · Paper 2Assess the credibility of the evidence for West African presence in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus.
  9. 26 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 1Explain THREE factors that encouraged Portuguese and Spanish activities in West Africa before 1492.
  10. 36 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 1Briefly describe THREE ways in which the indigenous peoples were affected by Spanish settlements in the Caribbean up to 1600.
  11. 1(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, explain THREE causes of the high mortality among enslaved Africans in Hispaniola.
  12. 1(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, suggest ONE motive, other than economic, for the royal directive to "take good care of [the Negroes]".
  13. 1(b)(ii)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2Explain TWO measures undertaken by the authorities to protect the enslaved Africans and indigenous labourers in the sixteenth century.
  14. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2What does Document II suggest about the importance of the enslaved Africans in Hispaniola by 1550?
  15. 1(d)(i)2 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, outline the conclusion that can be drawn about the author's approach to managing enslaved people.
  16. 1(d)(ii)4 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain the extent to which the author's approach to managing enslaved people succeeded in preventing slave resistance in the Spanish Caribbean during this period.
  17. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2Critically examine the evidence that there was a Nordic and a West African presence in the Americas before 1492.
  18. 1(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, explain how the use of horses contributed to the Spanish conquest of the Amerindians.
  19. 1(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I and II, outline THREE factors, other than the use of horses and cannons, that contributed to the conquest of the Amerindians.
  20. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, give THREE reasons why Amerindian leadership was indecisive when the Spaniards arrived in the Americas.
  21. 1(d)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, briefly explain TWO ways in which the Spaniards rapidly consolidated control over the Amerindians.
  22. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2008 · Paper 2Discuss the factors that led to contact between West Africa and Europe during the fifteenth century.
  23. 1(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, outline THREE factors that led to contact between Europeans and West Africans up to 1492.
  24. 1(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, outline THREE consequences of Spanish settlements up to 1600 for the indigenous population of the Caribbean.
  25. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, suggest TWO possible reasons for the request for "heathen [bozales] negroes" to be taken to "this island" in the Caribbean.
  26. 1(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2Explain what Documents I, II and III indicate about the attitudes of the Europeans towards Amerindians and Africans.
  27. 230 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2Examine the view that the technological superiority of the Spaniards does NOT fully explain the conquest of the Aztecs and Incas between 1519 and 1533.
  28. 1(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, discuss THREE ways in which the lifestyles of the Amerindians on the mainland were changed by the Spanish conquest of their empires.
  29. 1(b)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, outline THREE ways in which the technology and the political organization of the mainland Amerindians placed them at a disadvantage in their encounter with the Spaniards.
  30. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain TWO reasons why the Amerindians succumbed so easily to the diseases brought by the Spaniards.
  31. 1(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss the view that the diseases brought by the Spaniards only sealed the fate of already conquered peoples.
  32. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2Examine the extent of European contact with Africa up to 1600 in light of the statement: “Europeans did not penetrate the interior of western Africa up to 1600 because they had no interest in doing so.”
  33. 1(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, comment on Columbus' assertion that indigenous peoples "bear no arms, nor know thereof".
  34. 1(c)12 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain THREE ways in which the technology of the indigenous people differed from that of the Spaniards.
  35. 1(d)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2Based on Documents I, II and III, outline ONE perception that the Spaniards had of the indigenous people.
  36. 230 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2"The claim of a West African presence in the Americas prior to Columbus' arrival is unconvincing." Assess this view.
  37. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2Examine the effects of Spanish settlement on the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean up to 1600.
  38. 1(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, outline THREE factors that led to Portugal's contact with West Africa up to 1492.
  39. 1(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, identify THREE assumptions that the Portuguese made about the Africans' way of life.
  40. 1(b)(ii)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain TWO reasons for these assumptions.
  41. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, describe TWO ways in which the contact between Europeans and Africans led to changes in the religious practices of West African peoples.
  42. 1(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, explain THREE other consequences for West Africa as a result of the contact with Europeans up to 1492.
  43. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2012 · Paper 2Discuss the extent to which diseases brought by Europeans played a role in the Spanish conquests of Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century.
  44. 1(a)(i)2 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2State ONE possible objective of the Vikings' expedition to the Americas with reference to Document I.
  45. 1(a)(ii)4 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2Outline TWO activities in which the Vikings most likely were engaged after their arrival in the Americas with reference to Document I.
  46. 1(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain why the Icelandic sagas are regarded as historical evidence, including THREE reasons in your response.
  47. 1(c)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2With 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.
  48. 1(d)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, suggest TWO ways in which the Vikings had an impact on the Americas by 1492.
  49. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2013 · Paper 2Discuss the ways in which the indigenous peoples of the Americas resisted Spanish attempts at domination up to 1600.
  50. 1(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, explain THREE ways in which the Church contributed to Spanish settlement of the Americas during the sixteenth century.
  51. 1(b)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, outline THREE reasons why the Indians revolted against the Spaniards.
  52. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, outline THREE ways in which the encomienda system was beneficial to the encomienderos.
  53. 1(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, explain THREE effects of Spanish settlement on the way of life of the indigenous peoples.
  54. 230 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2Examine the nature of the contact between West Africa and Europe up to 1492.
  55. 1(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, discuss THREE reasons why Las Casas used the term "unjustly put to death".
  56. 1(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, give ONE explanation for the devastating effects of European diseases on the indigenous people.
  57. 1(b)(ii)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, discuss TWO effects, other than death, which these diseases had on the native population.
  58. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain TWO means by which the indigenous peoples demonstrated their resistance to Spanish domination.
  59. 1(d)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, explain TWO causes of death, other than diseases, among the indigenous people of the Caribbean, after the arrival of the Spaniards.
  60. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2Assess the merits of the Van Sertima thesis for a pre-Columbian African presence in the Americas.
  61. 1(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Document 1, explain the response of the Amerindians to the arrival of the horsemen.
  62. 1(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Document 2, suggest a reason for the response of "the people" to the firing of the cannon.
  63. 1(b)(ii)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Document 2, why would the Spaniards have welcomed the response?
  64. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Document 3, discuss TWO possible reasons why the chiefs "fired scarcely a single arrow".
  65. 1(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2With reference to Documents 1, 2 and 3, discuss THREE reasons for the conquest of Mexico.
  66. 230 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2Examine the claim that West Africans were present in the Americas prior to 1492 is unconvincing.
  67. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 (GUY) · Paper 2Explain why early European interaction with West Africa up to 1492 was not characterized by the raid-and-trade or raid-and-conquer pattern.
  68. 1(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, identify who were the people encountered by Thorvald during his exploration and provide TWO reasons to support your answer.
  69. 1(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, outline THREE ways in which Prince Henry the Navigator facilitated contact between Portugal and West Africa prior to 1492.
  70. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, provide TWO reasons supporting the claim that Africans arrived in the Caribbean prior to the 1490s.
  71. 1(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II, and III, provide THREE points supporting the view that a transatlantic network existed well before the voyages of Columbus.
  72. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2Discuss the view that the effects of European diseases on the Aztecs and Incas serve as the primary explanation for their conquest by the Spanish.
  73. 1(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, explain THREE reasons why the Spaniards were able to conquer Peru.
  74. 1(b)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain TWO reasons why Montezuma welcomed Cortez into Mexico City.
  75. 1(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain TWO roles technology played in the defeat of the Aztecs by Cortez.
  76. 1(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss THREE ways in which the encounter between the Spaniards and the indigenous people was a clash of cultures.
  77. 230 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2Examine the view that the indigenous resistance to Spanish conquest of the Caribbean was ineffective.
  78. 330 marks· CAPE History Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2Assess the view that archaeological evidence provides a more convincing case for the pre-Columbian Nordic presence in the Americas than the case provided by oral sagas.

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