Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College First Term Uniform Test (2011-2012) Form 1 History

Question Paper Date: 4th Nov., 2011 Time allowed: 45 minutes Full mark: 100 marks

Put all answers on the answer sheet provided. A. Fill in the blanks. (20%, _2%@) 1. History is a series of real __(a)__ that happened in the past. __(b)__ are the people who study history. By studying history, we can learn from other peoples __(c)__ and avoid the same __(d)__ they have made. Many countries in the Middle East use the __(e)__ calendar to count the years. The invention of __(f)__ marked the beginning of mans history. Men began to have written record. The time before it was called _____(g)_____. __(h)__ sources are first-hand evidence and __(i)__ sources are second-hand evidence. The Stone Age was so called because people used __(j)__ tools at that time. 2%@)

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B. Multiple Choice (20%,

Choose the most suitable answer. Put a tick () in the appropriate box on the answer sheet. 1. Which of the following is NOT history? A. The death of Deng Xiaoping B. The birth of Confucius C. Your secondary school life began in September 2011. D. Cinderella left her glass slipper outside the palace. Which of the following people is NOT a historical figure? A. Henry Pottinger, the first Governor of Hong Kong. B. Gandhi, the national father of India. C. Han Wudi () of the Han Dynasty. D. Hello Kitty of Japan. By studying history, we can: i. understand why and how things happened in the past ii. change the events happened in the past iii. avoid the mistakes made in the past iv. know more about our own culture A. i, ii, iii B. i, ii, iv C. i, iii, iv
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D. ii, iii, iv

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Which of the following period was the earliest in history? A. Ancient times B. Modern times C. Prehistoric times Which of the following period was the latest in history? A. Historic times B. Old Stone Age C. New Stone Age Which of the following description of the Historic times is incorrect? A. It began from about 6000 years ago. B. It is divided into three periods. C. The existence of written records are found. D. Apemen appeared.

D. Medieval times

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D. Middle Stone Age

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Which of the following descriptions of the Christian calendar is correct? i. It began in the Prehistoric times. ii. BC means the years before the birth of Jesus Christ. iii. AD means the years after the death of Jesus Christ. iv. The year of AD 1 was more than two thousand years ago. A. i, iv B. i, iii C. ii, iii D. ii, iv In which century was AD 1500? B. 15th century A. 14th century In which century was 256 BC? A. 1st century BC B. 2nd century BC

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C. 16th century

D. 17th century

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C. 3rd century BC

D. 4th century BC

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Arrange the following years in chronological order. i. AD 200 ii. 2 BC iii. AD 2 iv. AD 1 A. i, ii, iii, iv B. ii, iv, iii, i C. iii, ii, iv, i

D. iv, i, ii, iii

C. Matching (5%) Match the items in Column B to those in Column A. There are more choices than you need. You need to write the letters (A, B, C, etc.) only on the answer sheet provided. Column A 1. Decade 2. Century 3. Archaeologists 4. The birth of Jesus Christ 5. A painting about the Trojan War (around 1200-1189 BC) was drawn in 19th Century AD. Column B A. People who study the artifacts of past human life B. It marked the beginning of the Christian Calendar. C. Ten years D. One hundred years E. Secondary non written source

F. AD 780 G. The order in which a series of things actually happened.

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D. True or False (8%, 2%@) Identify whether the following sentences are true or false. Put a tick in the appropriate box and make a correction to the underlined words if they are false. Follow the example shown on the answer sheet. Example : Answer : 1. 2. 3. 4. Jesus had ten disciples. (F) twelve disciples

When a year is marked BC, the smaller the year, the earlier an event happened. There are no written records in a large part of the history of man. People have already known how to express feelings or emotions in words in the prehistoric times. Soil is made up of different layers, and the deeper an archaeologist find an object, the older it is.

E. Order of Events (5%) Arrange the following events in the correct time order, starting with (1) as the earliest event. (A) Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492 (B) Prehistoric times (C) The Western Roman Empire ended in AD 476 (D) Sumerian Writing the earliest writing in the world (E) The Grand Opening Ceremony in the National Stadium, Beijing Olympic Games F. Sorting (12%, 3%@) In each question below, one item is different from the others. Write down the different one and explain the reason why it is different. Follow the example shown below: Example Question: No: A e.g. temples Example Answer: No: Answer: e.g. D B mosques Reasons: C churches D castles

It is because the other three are places where the religious people will go for worshipping their god, but a castle is the living place for the nobles in medieval times.

No: A 1. Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 2. Clay figures of the warriors and horses in the tomb of Qin Shihuang ( ) 3. Beijing men 4. Learnt how to start a fire

B Counting years by reign titles Records of the Historian ()

C The Christian calendar the pyramids Egypt

D The Muslim calendar in A clay toy made by ancient Indians Apemen Learnt how to put water in plastic bottles

Neanderthal men Learnt how to use bows and arrows for hunting

Modern men Learnt how to use hooks and nets for fishing

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G. Time Sense (10%) Answer the following questions. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) Person A died in 24 BC. She lived 60 years. She was born in _____. Person B was born in AD 203. She lived 52 years. She died in _____. Person C was born in 10 BC. She lived 20 years. She died in _____. Person D was born in AD 37, and he died in AD 87. When he died, he was _____ years old. AD 375 was in the _____ decade of the _____ century AD. 1840 BC was in the _____ decade of the _____ century BC. You were born in the ______ decade of the _____ century AD.

H. Data-based Questions (20%) Question 1 Study the sources below and answer the following questions. Source A Source B

A photo showing two planes crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York Source C

A land lease of New Territories in AD 1905

Source D

The Chinese writings on the shells and bones

A book about Chinese history

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Source E

Source F

The tools of the New Stone Age

The film shows the human life in the Stone Age

Source G

Source H

An artists idea of a village in the Stone Age

Remains of the Great Wall of China

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Classify the sources above and complete the table on the answer sheet provided.

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If you need to write a composition for the event shown in Source A above, what types of sources will you use? Cite ONE example for each type and explain why you choose it. Written Source: Non-written Source: Oral record: (9% @3%) With reference to Source G above, think of a reason why people began to live in a village by the end of the Stone Age. Give a consequence of people living in a village. (3%)

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Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College First Term Uniform Test (2011-2012) Form 1 History Answer Sheet Name: _________________________ Class: F.____ (no.____) Mark: ___________ / 100 Parents Signature: _________________

A. Fill in the blanks. (20%, (a) (c) (e) (g) (i)

2%@) (b) (d) (f) (h) (j)

B. Multiple Choice (20%, _2%@) Put a tick () into the appropriate box. 1 A B C D C. Matching (5%) No. 1 Answer D. True or False (8%, True( ) False( ) e.g. (1) (2) (3) (4) E. Order of Events (5%) No. 1 2 Answer
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2%@) Corrections (if any) Twelve

F. Sorting (12%, _3%@) 1. ______________________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________________________________ G. Time Sense (10%) (a) (e) (g) decade decade (b) century century (c) (f) decade (d) years old century BC

H. Data-based Questions (20%) Question 1 (a) (8%) Written Primary sources Written Non-written Non-written

Secondary sources

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Written sources:

Non-written sources:

Oral record:

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CONFIDENTIAL
Shun Tak Fraternal Association Leung Kau Kui College First Term Uniform Test (2011-2012) Form 1 History Model Answers Name: _________________________ Class: F.____ (no.____) Mark: ___________ / 100

Parents Signature: _________________ A. Fill in the blanks. (20%, _2%@)

(a) events (d) mistakes (g) prehistoric times (j) stone

(b) historians (e) Muslim (Calendar) (h) primary

(c) experience (f) writing (i) secondary

B. Multiple Choice (20%, _2%@) Put a tick () into the appropriate box. 1 A B C D 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C. Matching (5%) No. Answer 1 C 2 D 2%@) Correction (if any) When a year is marked BC, the bigger the year, the earlier an event happened. 2. 3. People have already known how to express feelings or emotions in pictures in the prehistoric times. 4. 3 A 4 B 5 E

D. True or False (8%, True () 1.

False ()

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E. Order of Events (5%) No. Answer 1 B 2 D 3 C 4 A 5 E

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F. Sorting (12%, _3%@) 1. (A) (Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997) because this is a real event that happened in the past but the other three are calendars we use now in the world. 2. (B) [Records of the Historian ()] because this is a written source but the other three are non-written sources. 3. (C) (Modern men) because Modern men live in modern times/in our time but the other three all lived in the Stone Age (wrong use of tense: OK, as long as students can tell the difference). 4. (D) (Learnt how to put water in plastic bottles) because this is what we are doing in our everyday life but the other three are things done by Stone Age people / achievements of Stone Age people (wrong use of tense: OK, as long as students can tell the difference).

G. Time Sense (10%) (a) (e) (g) 84 BC 8

(b) decade decade 4

(AD) 255
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(AD) 11 4
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(d) decade 19
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years old century BC

century century

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20th

H. Data-based Questions (20%) Question 1 (a) (8%) Written Primary sources B&C Written D Non-written A, E & H Non-written F&G

Secondary sources

(b) Cite ONE example for each type and explain why you choose it. (1% + 2% = @3% total 9%) Written sources: diaries by contemporaries, I choose this because Non-written sources: pictures of contemporaries, I choose this because Sources of oral records: oral records by contemporaries, I choose this because

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(c) (3%) Marking criteria: General performance Mark range Good (Excellent) Satisfactory (pass) 3 2 Criteria (e.g. Able to / Shows consciousness of , etc.) Perfect answer Give BOTH a reason why people began to live in a village by the end of the Stone Age AND give a consequence of people living in a village. Either give a reason why people began to live in a village by the end of the Stone Age OR give a consequence of people living in a village. Not answered / totally illegible / not referring to Source G

Below standard

Unclassified

Reminder for setters (DBQ): Please provide 2 lines for every 1 mark. FHN Reminder for setters (DBQ): Please give clear instructions on the desired content and length of answers, e.g. Support your answer with 2 clues from Source A, Explain your answer with 3 reasons by using Source B, Explain your answer by using Sources A and B and your own knowledge. etc. FHN

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