END OF FIRST TERM EXAMINATIONS

CLASS: JHS 2 SUBJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES

NAME…………………………………………………..…………. DURATION:
……………………………
SECTION A: OBJECTIVES

1. The major factor of cultural change is b. Over fishing

a. Dressing c. Deforestation
b. Music and dance d. Manuring
c. Food 9. The term sceneries means…………..
d. Education a. Places with attractive features
2. The legislature in the Great Britain is b. Places with football fields
called……………… c. Places with entertainment grounds
a. Bundestag d. Kakum national park
b. Parliament 10. A set of rules for governing a country is
c. Congress known as………….
d. House of parliament a. Law
3. An occasion which is celebrated to remember b. Order
the past is known as….. c. Constitution
a. Culture d. Rules and regulation
b. Festival 11. The Executive arm of government is
c. Marriage rite responsible for………..
d. Naming ceremony a. Implementation of laws
4. Oil spillage is one of the causes of……… b. Bye-Laws
a. Water pollution c. Making of laws
b. Air pollution d. Interpretation of laws
c. Land degradation 12. People who travel to places of attraction are
d. Oil industry called……..
5. Which of the following is not natural a. Tours
scenery? b. Tourism
a. Rivers c. Tourists
b. Lagoons d. Sceneries
c. Bui dam 13. The highest mountain in Ghana is
d. Mountains called…………….
6. These are causes of flooding except a. Mountain Everest
A. Excess rainfall b. Atiwa mountain
B. Poor construction of drains c. Mountain Afadjato
C. Dumping of waste materials d. Mountain Kilimanjaro
D. Construction of structures of water 14. A constitution which is said to have series of
courses written documents is called……..
7. All the following can lead to cultural change a. Unitary constitution
except…… b. Written constitution
a. Trade c. Rigid constitution
b. Religion d. Unwritten constitution
c. Migration 15. Air that is heavily polluted with dust causes
d. Enstoolment A. respiratory disease
8. Which of the following factors contributes to B. cancer;,L
desertification? C. malaria
a. Bush burning D. tetanus
16. The total abstinence from all sexually related a. Tourism
activities until marriage is called………… b. Tourist
a. Poverty c. Leisure
b. Chastity d. Olympic games
c. Charity 25. The privileges or benefits an individual is
d. Puberty entitled to under the constitution are known
17. The sprinkling of “Kpokpoi” during festival as……………..
is done by which people of Ghana? a. Obligations
a. Efutus of Winneba b. Freedoms
b. Fantes of Cape Coast c. Rights
c. Ga-Dangmes of Greater Accra d. Order
d. Anlos of Volta Region 26. All the following are the functions of the
18. In Northern Ghana, chiefs are………….. district assembly except………..
a. Enthroned a. Making laws for the nation
b. Enskinned b. Making bye-law
c. Enstooled c. Maintenance of law and order in the
d. Empowered district
19. Who are often called peace officers? d. Collection of tools and levies to back up
a. Lawyers developmental projects
b. Policeman 27. All the following are environmental problems
c. Soldiers facing Ghana except
d. Teachers a. Sand wining
20. Bugum is a festival of the……………… b. Deforestation
a. Mamprusi c. Water pollution
b. Gonja d. Irrigation farming
c. Anlos 28. Any individual whose age is between 10-19
d. Sisala years is desired as………..
21. A practice whereby two ways of doing the a. Teenager
same thing are adopted by a society b. Adolescent
a. Trokosi system c. Young person
b. Dynamic culture d. Adult
c. Cultural assimilation 29. The most economical way of disposing
d. Parallel culture domestic and industrial waste is
22. The use of orthodox and traditional medicine a. Recycling
for the treatment of the same diseases is an b. Sieving
example of…………. c. Burning
a. Outmoded culture d. Dumping
b. Cultural lag 30. The Cape Coast castle is a valuable national
c. Parallel culture asset because it promotes……
d. Cultural culture a. Trade
23. The stage of life where one becomes sexually b. Tourism
matured is……….. c. Civilization
a. Puberty d. Education
b. Adolescent 31. In which of the following region in Ghana is
c. Adult the Boti falls?
d. Teenager a. Western
24. When people take off time from their normal b. Ashanti
work in order to relax, rest or play games is c. Central
known as……….. d. Eastern
32. Environmental pollution is caused by all the d. Volta
following except…… 37. When the three arms of government are
a. Watering of flowers expected to work independently of each other
b. Making a loud noise is known as……………
c. Dumping of refuse a. Appeal count
d. Using chemical to catch fish b. Check and balance
33. The highest court in Ghana is called c. Separation of powers
a. Magistrate court d. Parliamentary reforms
b. High court 38. Kintampo water falls is found in which region
c. Supreme court in Ghana?
d. Appeal court a. Northern
34. The main benefit of tourism to Ghana is that b. Brong Ahafo
it………………… c. Upper West
a. Encourages inter-tribal marriages d. Upper East
b. Enriches our culture 39. The culture that is subjected to changes
c. Is a major foreign exchange earner? suited to the needs of the prevailing
d. Promotes political stability circumstances is………….
35. One effect of water pollution is…………… a. Parallel culture
a. Global warning b. Dynamic culture
b. Land degradation c. Cultural assimilation
c. Destruction of aquatic organism d. Superstitious cultures
d. Desertification 40. The highest arm of government is
36. Mole game reserve is located in which region the………………
of Ghana a. Supreme court
a. Greater Accra b. Executive
b. Bono c. Legislature
c. Northern d. Judiciary
 SECTION B

Answer three questions only from this section.

1. a. Identify any four (4) environmental problems facing Ghana today.

(8 marks)
b. Suggest four (4) ways of minimizing the problems identified in (a).
(12 marks)
2. a. Explain the statements “Dynamic Culture”. (8 marks)
b. State two advantages and two disadvantages of parallel culture.
(12 marks)
3. a. What are Resources? (5 marks)
b. State and explain the three types of resources and give 2 examples of each.
(15 marks)
4. a. State and explain four elements of Weather and Climate. (12 marks)

b. Mention the instruments for measuring the instruments above. (8 marks)

5. a. Name four areas of tourist attraction in Ghana. (8 marks)

b. Explain four ways in which tourism contributes to the economy of Ghana.
(12 marks)
6. a. Explain the following terms
i. Tourism
ii. Sceneries
iii. Leisure (12 marks)
b. Outline four negative effects of tourism on the youth of Ghana. (8 marks)