Decolonisation and Liberation · CAPE History Unit 2

32 past-paper questions on Decolonisation and Liberation, part of International Relations: Conflict and Liberation, from every CAPE History Unit 2 paper on Quelpr.

1. 96 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1Briefly describe THREE measures used by the apartheid government of South Africa after 1960 to suppress the African National Congress (ANC).
2. 930 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 2Assess the role played by Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi in the movement for Indian independence.
3. 96 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 1Briefly describe three ways in which the activities of Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi assisted the movement for the independence of India.
4. 7(a)(i)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, explain why the door was "closed and barred" to black South Africans after 1948.
5. 7(a)(ii)3 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, explain, with an example, how the door was "closed and barred".
6. 7(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain the developments in South Africa that required the adoption of "new forms of struggle".
7. 7(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Documents II and III, describe TWO "new forms of struggle" that were used by the African National Congress in South Africa after 1960.
8. 7(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2With reference to Documents II and III, describe THREE developments outside of South Africa which contributed to South African "freedom" (end of Apartheid).
9. 930 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2008 · Paper 2Assess the view that the Apartheid system in South Africa was defeated mainly by internal developments after 1960.
10. 7(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, outline THREE actions taken by the political directorate to institute an Apartheid system in South Africa between 1948 and 1960.
11. 7(b)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Outline TWO examples of "sabotage" used by the ANC as referred to in Document II.
12. 7(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, outline THREE reasons for the Soweto uprising.
13. 7(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss THREE factors, external to South Africa, that contributed to the overthrow of Apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s.
14. 930 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2010 · Paper 2Discuss the extent to which the nationalist strategies used by Mahatma Gandhi to decolonise India were effective.
15. 930 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Examine the reasons for the national liberation movement in South Africa from the 1950s to the 1990s.
16. 830 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2012 · Paper 2Assess the contribution of Nelson Mandela to the liberation movement in South Africa.
17. 7(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, explain why Gandhi was held in high esteem “by everyone who [came] across him”. Include TWO reasons in your response.
18. 7(b)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain why the return of the medals was symbolic of Gandhi’s policy of non-cooperation, and give ONE reason why this policy was linked to the Khilafat movement.
19. 7(c)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, describe THREE ways in which Gandhi transformed the Congress and prevented its expected demise.
20. 7(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II, and III, explain THREE ways in which Gandhi played a significant role in the movement for Indian independence.
21. 7(a)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, outline THREE measures used by the South African government between 1948 and 1960 to entrench the Apartheid system.
22. 7(b)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, explain THREE reasons for the "new forms of struggle" in South Africa.
23. 7(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, outline THREE strategies employed by Umkhonto we Sizwe in the struggle against Apartheid.
24. 7(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, explain THREE ways international support was important to the overthrow of the Apartheid system in South Africa in the 1990s.
25. 7(a)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Document I, examine THREE ways in which "the contact of the White race with the Black... resulted in the emergence of a set of conflicting living conditions" up to and beyond 1944.
26. 7(b)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Document II, give TWO reasons why the "Campaign for the Defiance of the Unjust Laws" was thought necessary.
27. 7(c)6 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Document III, explain TWO reasons for the change from non-violent to armed protests against apartheid through the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
28. 7(d)9 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2With reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss Mandela's role in the struggle against apartheid up to the 1960s.
29. 930 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2Examine the factors which contributed to Gandhi's success in achieving national independence for India.
30. 930 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Assess the contribution of Mohandas Gandhi to the Nationalist Movement in India.
31. 930 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2017 · Paper 2Assess the view that the armed phase of the struggle (from 1961) for national liberation in South Africa succeeded largely because of international factors.
32. 630 marks· CAPE History Unit 2 · 2021 · Paper 2Comment on the view that the international community was mainly responsible for the dismantlement of Apartheid in South Africa.