HERITAGE STUDIES CALA 5

LEARNING AREA: Heritage Studies

CODE :4007
LEVEL : Form 4
SYLLABUS TOPIC: National History, Sovereignty and Governance (Syllabus
page 4)
SUB-TOPIC : Scramble and Partition of Southern Africa
CALA TYPE : Pen and Paper

CALA OBJECTIVES: Learners should be able to:

BACKGROUND
• From the studies carried out Religious authorities it has been discovered that the people
of Zimbabwe was also a victim of the scramble and partition of Africa by Europeans
in the 1900s. Therefore, this resulted in the colonization of Zimbabwe and other
Southern African countries.

COMPETENCES/SKILLS

• research
• communication
• analytical
• problem solving
• critical thinking

The CALA has three parts A, B, C and you are obliged to meet the requirements for
each of the objectives

PART A

• Define the following terms

a. Scramble
b. Partition (4)

• List any 3 European countries and the countries they colonized (6)
• Describe the economic, social and political reasons for the scramble and partition of
Southern Africa (20)
 • Outline and explain the methods used Europeans to colonies chiefdoms in Southern
Africa/Ways used by Europeans to destroy African chiefdoms (20)

• The research tools to use include google books, textbooks and ICT tools
• List key questions and also acknowledge the sources of information you have used.
• Record notes on the data gathered

NB: Both answers should be written on a fresh new page then staple them together
after

PART B
• Use the information that you have gathered and presented on the given questions
• (use Google, notes and textbooks)

Part C
• After the presentation, compile a write up and submit for marking.

HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESED

• Learners will be assessed on the depth of their research on the information that they
have gathered and presented on the causes of the Scramble and partition of Southern
Africa
• On their ability to analyze the ways used by Europeans to colonise Africans