Parika Salem Secondary School

End of term examination Term 2 2023

EDPM grade 10

Answer all questions 1 hour 40 minutes

Question 1 – Speed test

Complete the following speed test. Type in Time new roman size 12

The history of Guyana begins about 35,000 years ago with the arrival of humans coming from Eurasia. These

migrants became the Carib and Arawak tribes, who met Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition from Spain in 1499

at the Essequibo River. In the ensuing colonial era, Guyana's government was defined by the successive policies

of Spanish, French, Dutch, and British settlers.

During the colonial period, Guyana's economy was focused on plantation agriculture, which initially depended

on slave labor. Guyana saw major slave rebellions in 1763 and again in 1823. Great Britain passed the Slavery

Abolition Act in British Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000

enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada. It received Royal

Assent on August 28, 1833, and took effect on August 1, 1834. 

10 marks

Question 2 – spreadsheet

Place the heading in oblique

Region Male birth Female birth Total birth

Barima – Waini 10000 11000 21000
Pomeroom – Supenaam 500 400 900
Essequibo Island – West 15000 16000 31000
Demerara
Demerara – Mahaica 28000 30000 58000
Mahaica – Berbice 25000 27500 52500
East Berbice – Corentyne 3000 4000 7000
Cuyuni – mazaruni 5000 4000 9000
Potaro – Siparuni 900 1000 1900
Upper Takutu – Upper 1800 2000 3800
Essequibo
Upper Demerara – Berbice 600 500 1100
15 marks

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Question 3 – manuscript

15 Marks

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