MONTROSE HIGH SCHOOL

MID-YEAR EXAMINATIONS
HISTORY PAPER 5
TIME 3 HOURS
ANSWER ANY FOUR QUESTIONS
1. Justify the use of a multidisciplinary approach in the study of Zimbabwes
history before 1450.
2. Examine the validity of the view that although the San were backward,
socially and economically they were progressive in some respects.
3. Discuss the purpose for which the stone walls of Great Zimbabwe were
built.
4. Discuss the contribution of Iron Age sites in tracing the movements and
settlement patterns of the Bantu on the Zimbabwean Plateau.
5. The decline of the Mutapa State was due to internal factors. The
Portuguese infiltration only facilitated a process of decay that was already
underway. Discuss.
6. Account for the rise of the Rozvi state and assess the extent to which
Nguni Incursions brought about the demise of the state.
7. Examine the view that the Ndebele-Shona relations were far from being
cordial.
8. Examine the causes of the Anglo-Ndebele war of 1893 to 1894 and
determine who was to blame for the outbreak of the war.
9. The claim that the Land Apportionment Act of 1930 largely benefited the
Africans is a clear misrepresentation of facts. Assess the validity of this
judgment.
10.Assess the Second World War arguments put forward by the settlers for
the establishment of the Federation of Rhodesia-Nyasaland. Why had the
scheme collapsed by 1963?
11.How valid is the view that nationalist activities in Zimbabwe between 1920
and 1965 were an urban phenomenon?
12.Discuss the view that the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) OF
11 November 1965 was a blunder.
13.The Lancaster House Constitution was a diktat. How far true is this
assertion?
14.Compare and contrast the Unity Accord of 1987 with the Global Political
Agreement of 2008.