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History U2 - P1 - 2020
History U2 - P1 - 2020
History U2 - P1 - 2020
HISTORY
UNIT 2 - Paper 01
1 hour 30 minute.\·
I. Thi s test consists of 45 items. You wi 11 have I hour and 30 minutes to answe r them.
3. Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides fo r more answers than th ere are items in th is
test.
4. Eac h item in this test has fou r suggested answers lettered (A) , (B), (C) , (D). Read each item you
are abo ut to answer and decide which choice is best.
5. On yo ur answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space hav in g
the same letter as the answe r yo u have chosen. Look at the samp le item below.
Sampl e Item
One important result of the Fre nch Revol uti on was Sa mpl e Answer
The best answe r to this item is "that political power shi ned to the bourgeoisie", so (B) has bee n
shaded.
6. If you want to change yo ur answe r, erase it comp lete ly befo re you fi ll in yo ur new choice.
7. When yo u are told_to begin , turn the page and work as qui ck ly and as careful ly as yo u can. If you
ca nnot answer an item , go on to the next one. Yo u may return to that item later.
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4. The MOST impo1tant consequence of the (A) Declarati on of the Rights of Man
Intolerable Acts of 1774 was that and the Citizen
(8) " ork of the Re, olutionaf) Tribunal
(A) the port of Boston was closed (C) execution of Lo ui s XVI in 1793
(B) the tri als of coloni al officials were (D) Declaration of Pillnitz
relocated to England
(C ) a limi t was placed on the number
of to wn meet in gs th at cou ld be
held
(D) t he rig ht of co loni sts to e lect
members to the M::i ssac hu setls
Coun cil wa s rev oked
9. Which oi'the following was NOT a traditional 12. Which or the following facturs contributed
institution of the old French regime? to the ou tbreak of the French Revo lution')
I. exc lusion of the bourgeoisie from 13. The concept of Manifest Destiny can BEST
the governm ent be exp lained as a belief that
11. influen ce of the ideas of the
En Iightenm ent (A) lands should be acquired by the
111. privileg es assumed by the nobles most qualified person s
and clergy (B) natural bounda ries were o nl y
tempor ary obstacl es for the
(A) I only Anglo-S axons
(B) I and II only (C) the United State s was destine d
(C) ll and 111 only to conque r the A meric as and
(D) I. II and Ill beyond
(D) the United State s · territ o rial
sovere ignty shou ld be protecte d
Item 11 refers to the following statement. by annexi ng nei ghbou rin g
territories
"The French Revolution was born during
an era of bankrup tcy:·
14. Which of the followin g factors undenni ned
11. One immedi ate cause of the bankrup tcy in the convict ion s on w hich the polic y of
eighteen th-centu ry France was the Manifes t Destiny v,,as based?
(A) debt incurre d b y Fra n ce 's (A) The rapid populati on growth
involve ment in the Americ an (B) The sectional division s in American
War of Indepen dence politics
(B) tax system which was fraught w ith (C) The success ful a bs o rption of
inefficiency and inequali ty Louisian a
(C) number of restrictions presented by (D) T he advance s in transpor tation and
the internal customs barriers commu nicati on
(D) w idespre ad resentm ent of th e
vingtiem e
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, . ll ow in o statement s re lating
By 1799. the French suppo11ed Napoleon ·s 19. Which of the lo . _r= e')
I 5. to World War I ,s NO r tru .
rise to power because
.d th e 1·obs le ft by men.
(A) Women d 1 - • • •
I. they felt he would bring long -k ·
,
(8) The wo1 n g· cond1t1 ons o l wom en
desired stability to the nation
were poor. .
11 . he had led France to victory against
the second coalition (C) 7_he nun·, ber of women 111 t he
workforce increased .
111. he had promised to adopt the ideas
of the Protestant Reformation (D) Women 1·eceived high er wages than
their male counterpa rts.
(A) land II only
(B) I and Ill only
1 reorganiz ation. of Russia
. .
(C) II and III only 20. The po I 1t1ca
(D) 1.11 and Ill only after the Communi st Revolutio n of I 91 7
resulted in
16. Which of the following was the MAIN (A) a federation of socialist republic s
factor which would ha ve led Otto von (B) increased political power for ethnic
Bismarck to think that ·'the Great War" was minorities
imminent') (C) a limited monarch y with the czar
as a figurehead
(A) German y"s in vasion of Belgium (D) the establishm ent of a two -pa rty
( B) The imperial and economic rivalries political system
in Europe
(C) The rapid decline of the Serbian
army after Jul y 191 4 21. Nazism may be described as a
(D) The abi I ity to manu facture arms as
a resu It of industri alization (A) national communi st move ment
(B) right wing anti-parl iamentar y
movemen t
17. During World War I, the central powers (C) national associatio n against state
were terrorism
(D) movemen t w hich espoused mass
(A ) Russia. Germany, France
ownership of property
(B) Great Britain , France, Russia
(C) Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia
(D) A ustria-Hu ngary, Russia , Great 22. The declaration of war by the A ll ies was
Britain
the result of Ado lf Hit ler 's invasion of
(A) Italy
18. Wor ld War 11 was fought from (B) Russia
(C) Po land
(A) I 914 to I 9 17
(D) Holland
(B) 1929 to 1934
(C ) 1939 to 1945
(D) 195 1 to 195 5
36. In whi ch o r the lo ll owing countri es did the 40. r he co ncept or reparat ion deab with
Intern ati onal Anti- Aparth eid Move ment
begin '7 (A) prov idin g ed ucati on fort he chil dren
of the enslaved ancestor~
(A) Indi a (B) co mpensati on ror th e explo itati on
(B) Britain s uffe red un der s la ve ry a nd
(C ) Austra li a co loni ali sm
(D) United States of Americ a (C ) the ret urn lo and rese tt lement o r
A fri ca by peop le of A rrican
descent in th e diaspora
37. Wh ich of th e fo ll ow in g BEST ex pl ains (D) a n a po log y by E uro pea ns !'o r
Winni e Ma ndel a·s rol e in th e stru t,t,
oo le enslavi ng Afri cans
aga inst apartheid 0
(A) She was arres ted ma ny tim es 41. Whi ch of the fo ll ow ing is the fo rm o f
du e to her acti ve oppos iti on to reparati ons for slave ry and th e slave trade
aparth eid . th at Bri tian has bee n willin g to iss ue''
(B) S h e vo c a ll y c riti c ize d th e
gove rnment of So uth Africa to (A) A state ment of regret
ga in intern ati onal suppo1t . (B) An apology for th ese cr imes
(C) She -.vas responsible fo r the release (C) Compensati on to the descenda nts
of Mandel a from prison. (D) A lega l acceptance of res ponsibi lit)
( D) She was so lely responsibl e fo r the
Soweto uprisin g.
42. One of the key ethic al iss ues raised bJ the
re parati ons for slavery debate is
38. Which of the fo llowin g groups of men were
leaders of the res istance against apartheid? (A) that none of the ens la\ ed Africa ns
are alive todav
(A) Steve Biko, Desmond Tutu, Olive r (8) whet her money ca n re pa ir th e
Ta mbu damage and hea l the sufferi ng
(B) Alan Boesak , Ne lso n Ma nd ela, caused by slave!")
Jan Smuts (C) that it is di ffic ult to assess hO\\
(C) Steve Biko , Beye rs Na ude , Nelson monetary compensation will be
Mand ela di vid ed among the Afric ans in
(D) O li vier Ta mbu , Thabo Mb eki , the diaspora toda~
Ne lson Mand ela (D) that some Europea n co un tries are
fac ing fi nancial constra ints and
do not have the Fun ds to pay fo r
39. Nelson Ma nde la was attracted to the ideas re paration s
of
(A) fa scism
(B) Marxism, Gand hi
(C) fa scism, com muni sm
( D) native Afr ica n leadership
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