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TOM NEWBY SCHOOL

TERM 4 FORMAL ASSESSMENT

Subject History Examiner Miss Miller

Date November 2022 Total marks 50 marks
Grade 7 Duration 1 hour
Moderator Mrs Steyn
Special instructions/ 1. Read the questions carefully before answering.
Equipment 2. Take note of the mark allocation and answer accordingly.
3. Work neatly.
4. Think carefully.
5. Take a deep breath, relax and good luck!
This assessment has been compiled using notes and information contained in the Tom Newby School resource
material. The marking memorandum has been compiled accordingly. While alternative responses will be given
due acknowledgement, the official memorandum will be considered a priority document to ensure uniformity of
marking.
Name: Surname: Class:

Instructions:

1. This paper consists of six questions.

2. There are a total of eight pages. 50

3. Section A: Colonization of the Cape 17th-18th century

4. Section B: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape colony in the early 19th
century.

Section A: Colonization of the Cape 17th – 18th century [25]

Question 1: [5]

Fill in the missing words in the spaces provided.

1.1 The Xhosa loved drinking sour milk and ________________________. (1)

1.2 _____________________ arrived at the Cape with 100 men and woman. (1)

1.3 The Dutch ran into conflict with the ________________ people. (1)
1.4 _________________ is the process of making wine. (1)

1.5 The Dutch protestants offered the _________________ a new home. (1)
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Question 2 [15]

Answer the following questions in the spaces provided below.

2.1 Name 3 rules slaves had to follow (3)

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2.2 In which year was slavery abolished? (1)

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2.3 What was the ship that shipwrecked in Table Bay called? (1)

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2.4 Who was the biggest trading company (Full name)? (1)

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2.5 What disease was killing the sailors and what caused it? (2)

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2.6 What made the cape suitable as a halfway point? Name 3 reasons. (3)

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2.7 The Trek Boers’ way of life was destructive. Name 1 animal that went extinct
……….because of them. (1)

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2.8 Name 3 languages from which the early version of Afrikaans was derived. (3)

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Question 3: [5]

Write a paragraph of about 7-8 sentences explaining why the DEIC sailed to the Cape and
did not go across land.

Use the rubric below as a guideline.

 Uses evidence in an elementary manner e.g. shows little or no understanding.

LEVEL 1 MARKS: 0-1
 Uses evidence partially to report on topic or cannot report on topic.
 Evidence is mostly relevant and relates to a great extent to the topic.
LEVEL 2 MARKS: 2-3
 Uses evidence in a very basic manner.
 Uses relevant evidence e.g. demonstrates a thorough understanding of the
topic.
MARKS: 4-5
 Uses evidence very effectively in an organised paragraph that shows an
LEVEL 3
understanding of the topic.

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Section B: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the [25]

Cape colony in the early 19th century

Question 4 : [5]
Describe the following in full sentences.

4.1 Empire: (1)

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4.2 Lobola: (1)

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4.3 Guerrilla warfare: (1)

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4.4 Ceded: (1)

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4.5 Frontier: (1)

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Question 5: [15]

I was working at home in the garden when a white man walked into my
garden and grabbed me. I could hear mom and dad screaming my name
and trying to fight but the white man won.
I was so scared he was going to kill me but instead he fed me. He told
me my new name was Joseph and he will look after me from now on.
He told me that he will look after me if I work for him.

Figure 1: The diary entry of an Inboekseling

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5.1 a. What was the nickname used for these children? (1)

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b. What does this nickname mean? (1)

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5.2 Name 4 jobs the inboekselings used to do. (4)

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5.3 Name three things that they were given in return for working? (3)

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5.4 Name the four main groups of people living across the border of the Cape
……….colony. (4)

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5.5 Name the two groups of people of mixed descent & runaway slaves. (2)

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Question 6 [10]

Write a short essay of about 100 – 120 words on the Tswana world. Discuss who the
Tswana traded with and what items they traded, as well as who led their villages and how
the village were set out.

Your essay must follow this format:

 An introduction
 A body (2 paragraphs)
 A conclusion
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Use this rubric as a guideline.

Presentation Level 7 Level 6 Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

Content Very well Well Writing Clear Some Largely Answer not at all
planned and planned and structured. attempt to attempt to descriptive/with well-structured
structured. structured. Constructed construct an organise the little or some
Good Synthesis of an argument. information attempt to
synthesis of information. argument. Evidence into an develop an
information. Constructed Evidence used to a argument. argument.
Constructed and used to large extent Evidence
an argument. support to support not well
argument. Evidence argument. the used in
Very good used to argument. supporting
use of support the the
evidence to argument. argument.
support the
argument.
Level 7 13-15 12 -13
The question has been
fully answered. Content
selection fully relevant to
line of argument.
Level 6 12-13 11 10
The question has been
answered. The content
selection is relevant to a
line of argument.
Level 5 10 9 8
The question has been
answered to a great
extent. The content is
adequately covered and
is relevant.
Level 4 8 7 6
The question is
recognisable in the
answer. Some
omission/irrelevant
content selection.
Level 3 6 5 4
The content selection
does not always relate.
Omissions in coverage.
Level 2 4 3 2
The content is sparse.
The question is
inadequately addressed.
Level 1 2 0-1
The content is sparse,
the question is
inadequately addressed.
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Total: 50
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Grade 7 History
TERM 4 FORMAL ASSESSMENT

Performance analysis

Name:______________________________________________ Class:______________

For teacher use only:

SECTION A SECTION B
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6
Possible mark 5 15 5 5 15 10
Learner’s mark
Moderated mark

Possible total 50
Learner’s total
Moderated total