Grade 11 History Mid-Year Examination

Grade 11 History Mid-Year Examination

Time: 2 hours Total: 150 marks

Instructions

Answer all source-based questions in Section A. In Section B, answer ONE essay question. Read each source carefully and support extended responses with historical knowledge.

Section A: Source-based questions — 90 marks

Question 1: Nationalism in South Africa — 30 marks

1.1 Identify TWO ideas about nationalism visible in the supplied source. (4)

1.2 Explain how the source reflects contesting political identities in South Africa. (8)

1.3 Evaluate the usefulness of the source for a historian studying nationalism. Refer to origin, content and limitation. (8)

1.4 Using the source and your own knowledge, explain TWO consequences of nationalist mobilisation. (10)

Question 2: Apartheid, 1940s–1960s — 30 marks

2.1 Define apartheid in the context of state policy after 1948. (4)

2.2 Explain TWO ways legislation changed everyday life. (8)

2.3 Compare the perspectives represented by two supplied sources on resistance. (8)

2.4 Explain why resistance strategies changed during the period. (10)

Question 3: Source synthesis — 30 marks

3.1 Extract THREE pieces of evidence from the supplied source set. (6)

3.2 Explain one limitation of the undated extract. Do not infer a publication date. (6)

3.3 Write a paragraph using evidence from at least two sources to explain how political control and resistance interacted. (18)

Section B: Essay — 60 marks

Answer ONE question.

Question 4

Assess the extent to which apartheid legislation transformed political and social life in South Africa between 1948 and 1960. (60)

Question 5

Evaluate the argument that nationalism created both mobilisation and political division in twentieth-century South Africa. (60)

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Release boundary: draft examination for assessment-coordinator review. No missing source date has been invented.