Hist Grade 9 T2 2023
Hist Grade 9 T2 2023
Hist Grade 9 T2 2023
GRADE 9
TERM 2 TEST
JUNE 2023
MARKS: 75
DURATION: 2 HOURS
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SECTION A: THE RISE OF THE NAZI PARTY AND WORLD WAR II: EUROPE [35]
QUESTION 1
This source explains the Treaty of Versailles and how Germany was punished
After the armistice was signed, a meeting of the leaders of the countries that won the war
discussed and wrote down a Peace Treaty. The Peace Treaty of Versailles was signed
in 1919. The countries which won the war wanted revenge on Germany. They wanted
Germany to pay for the damage caused to their countries during the war. This is how
Germany was punished: Germany did not have a say in how it was punished, Germany
had to pay for the cost of the war, Germany lost 13% of its land, Germany also had to
admit that it was to blame for the war, by signing the war guilt Clause and Germany was
not allowed to build up a defence force again.
Adopted from Platinum: Social Sciences grade 9 Learner’s book: Page 108
1.2. Explain how Germany was punished at the Treaty of Versailles (5x2) (10)
[13]
QUESTION 2
This source explains how Hitler came into power and the rise of the Nazi Party.
Hitler was an excellent speaker and skilled in the use of Propaganda. He drew more and
more people to the party. In 1920 the party changed its name to the German National
Socialist Workers’ party (Nazi Party). By 1921 he was its leader. He gave the party a new
identity by creating the Swastika as its symbol. He created his own army called the
Stormabteilung (SA). The SA organized massive parades, dressed in brown uniforms and
carried the flags with the Swastika on it. Their motto was ‘All opposition must be stamped
into the ground’.
In November 1923, Hitler believed that the Nazi Party was strong enough to overthrow
the Weimar Republic. He organized a Munich Putsch where the SA tried to seize power.
The Putsch was easily crashed by the army and police. Hitler was arrested and
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imprisoned for five years. He only served nine months. There were several aims in which
Nazi Party stood for. These included the following: Break the Shackles of Versailles,
strong central government, hatred of the Jewish people, unite all German people in a
single country, anti-communism, extend German land and destroy the Weimar Republic.
While he was in jail, Hitler wrote his famous book called the Mein Kampf or ‘My Struggle’.
In the book he detailed his main ideas and beliefs. These included two main ideas: The
Master Race and Anti-semitism.
Adopted from Solutions for all: Social Sciences grade 9 Learner’s book: Page 109
2.3. What, according to the source and your own knowledge, were the aims that the Nazi
Party stood for? Mention three of them. (3x1) (3)
2.4. What was the name of the book Hitler wrote while he was in jail? (1x1) (1)
2.5. Mention two main ideas that were in Hitler’s book. (2x1) (2)
2.6. What was the motto of the Nazi Party? (1x2) (2)
[14]
3.1. Write a paragraph of about 8 lines explaining the reasons why public support for the
Nazis increased. [8]
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SECTION B: THE NUCLEAR AGE AND THE COLD WAR [40]
QUESTION 4
Study Source C and Source D below and answer the questions that follow
Source C
In a radio broadcast after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
President Truman said:
I realize the tragic significance of the atomic bomb … having found the bomb, we have
used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor,
against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war,
against those who have abandoned all presence of obeying international laws of warfare.
We have used it in order to shorten the agony of young Americans. We shall continue to
use it until we completely destroy Japan’s power to make war. Only a Japanese surrender
will stop us.
Source D
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Adopted from Solutions for all: Social Sciences grade 9 Learner’s book: Pages 148 & 149
4.1. List FOUR reasons President Truman gives in Source C for dropping the atom
bombs. (4x1) (4)
4.2. Find TWO examples from the cartoon in Source D to show that the Americans were
pleased with dropping the atom bomb. (2x1) (2)
4.3. What is the cartoonist’s point of view in relation to the dropping of the atom bomb?
(1x2) (2)
4.4. Do you think that this source is biased or not? Explain your answer. (1x2) (2)
[10]
QUESTION 5
This source explains the two areas of conflict and competition between the superpowers
in the Cold War.
The nuclear weapons changed the nature of the conflict in the 20th century. The first area
of competition was arms race. Arms refer to weapons. In the 1950s, the USA believed
that the USSR had more nuclear missiles than it did. As a result the USA took the
following steps: It strengthened its armed forces; and it built up a massive supply of
missiles. The USSR responded by: It built more missiles; and it developed the anti-
ballistic missiles (ABM)
The next area of conflict competition was space. Much of the horror of the USA, the USSR
took the lead in the space race. The Soviet achievements on space included: the
launched of the first ever space satellite called Sputnik, Laika, a dog, was sent into space
aboard Sputnik II and Cosmonaut was the first man sent into space. Cosmonaut is a
Russian term for people who travel into space. The USA worked around the clock to equal
Soviet space technology and in 1962, astronaut John Glenn was the first American to go
into space and orbit the moon. The USA was determined to be the first to send a man to
the moon. They were successful when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on
the moon on 21 July 1969.
Adopted from Solutions for all: Social Sciences grade 9 Learner’s book: Pages 154 & 158
5.2. What, according to the source, were the first steps of the arms competition taken by
the USA and how the USSR responded? (4x1) (4)
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5.3. Explain TWO achievements by the USSR on space. (2x2) (4)
5.4. Who was the first American man to walk on the moon? (1x1) (1)
[10]
6.1.” After World War II, Germany was divided into four zones amongst the Big four
(British zone, French zone, American zone and Soviet zone “
Do you agree with the above mentioned statement? Use relevant historical
evidence of the division of Germany from 1946 and the building of the Berlin
Wall in 1961 to support your line of argument. (20)
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6.2 Critically discuss how the collapse of USSR contributed to the ending of the Cold
GRAND TOTAL=75