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    Mid-year exam 2021

    Grade 7 Examination
    Subject: Social Sciences
    Discipline: History
    Duration: 1 hour
    Mark: 50
    Date: June 2021
    Name and Surname: ____________________________________________

    Marks Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Total
    obtained by:
    8 7 10 5 5 5 10 50

    Teacher:

    School
    Moderator:

    District
    Moderator:

    QUESTION 1

    SS History Grade 7 June 2021


    Choose the correct words to complete the sentences below. (8)

    1.1 Mansa Musa practiced the religion of( Islam/Christianity).

    1.2 Mali was known as a rich kingdom because of its (kola nuts/gold).

    1.3 The University of Sankore was built in (Taghaza/Timbuktu).

    1.4 Muslims go on pilgrimage to (Cairo/Mecca).

    1.5 A tall, thin tower of mosque with a balcony from which Muslims are called to
    prayer is called a (muezzin/minaret).

    1.6 A manuscript is a written (source/visual source).

    1.7 People who lived in Mali needed( gold/salt).

    1.8 Mali was colonized by the French at the end of( 19th /20 )century

    QUESTION 2

    Look at the map that follows. Write down the number of each of the following
    placeces. (7)

    2.1 Timbuktu_____________

    2.2 Taghaza______________

    2.3 Fez __________

    2.4 Cairo _________

    2.5 Mecca _________

    2.6 Spain _________

    2.7 Niger River ______

    SS History Grade 7 June 2021


    SS History Grade 7 June 2021
    Look at the drawing below and then answer the following questions:

    QUESTION 3 (10)

    3.1What in this drawing, gives an impression of authority .Name two


    things.

    _____________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________

    3.2 What can you conclude about how the slaves felt from their facial
    expressions? Name only two things.

    ________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________

    3.3 Compare the clothing of the slaves and the Arabs. What is the same and
    what is different?

    ______________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________

    3.4 How do you know that the Arabs were afraid that the slaves were going to
    run away? Name two actions.

    ________________________________________________________

    ______________________________________________________

    3.5 Why do you think cowrie shells were valuable?

    _________________________________________________

    SS History Grade 7 June 2021


    SS History Grade 7 June 2021
    Question 4 (5)

    WEST AFRICA BEFORE EUROPEAN SLAVE TRADE

    SOURCE 5

    Slavery was part of everyday life in Africa. 3500 years ago, Egyptians used slaves to
    build their pyramids. West African tribes enslaved captives when they conducted
    wars and raids against one another. This was a way of producing wealth in Africa
    and slaves became the symbols of wealth.

    Land was owned by communities and many slaves were needed to work on the
    farms. Some of these slaves were criminals or people who did not pay their debts.
    Most of the slaves certain rights: they could marry, inherit goods from their owners
    and they could have their own slaves. But the slaves that were taken to the distant
    East by Arabs did not have these rights

    4.1 When did the Egyptians use slaves? (1)

    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

    4.2. From where did the West African tribes get slaves? (1)

    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

    4.3 From the SOURCE 5 identify THREE rights this ancient slaves had. (3)

    SS History Grade 7 June 2021


    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

    5x1(5)

    QUESTION 5 (5)

    SLAVE AUCTIONS

    "Dealers inspecting a slave


    auction in Virginia", 1861

    5.1 Why were slaves’ teeth and eyes examined at auctions? (1)

    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

    5.2 Why do you think slave traders wanted the slaves’ bodies to shine? (2)

    _____________________________________________________________

    SS History Grade 7 June 2021


    5.3. Is the statement, “Slave mothers sometimes never saw their children again,”
    True or False? Give a reason for your answer. /2/

    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

    QUESTION 6

    Put these events in a slave’s life in order in which they happened. (5)

    Working on a plantation

    Journey in a slave ship

    Being locked in a fort on the coast of Africa

    Being captured by slave traders and marched

    Being sold at a slave auction

    6.1_______________________________________________________________________________
    6.2_______________________________________________________________________________
    6.3_______________________________________________________________________________
    6.4_______________________________________________________________________________
    6.5____________________________________________________________________________(5)

    QUESTION 7 (10)

    REBELLION AGAINST SLAVERY

    Study the following sources:

    SS History Grade 7 June 2021


    Which of these three people, Joseph Cinque, Harriet Tubman or Joseph Brown do
    you think most deserved a public holiday to help people to remember them? Write a
    paragraph of not more than EIGHT lines support your choice.

    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________________________________(10)

    TOTAL 50 MARKS

    SS History Grade 7 June 2021

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