TERM 3 EXAMS - SOCIAL STUDIES MARKING SCHEME

SOCIAL STUDIES 2 & 1 1 HOUR 45 MINS

FINAL MARKING SCHEME
PAPER 1
OBJECTIVE TEST
[40 MARKS]
1 C 11 C 21 B 31 B
2 B 12 C 22 C 32 C
3 B 13 B 23 D 33 C
4 B 14 A 24 C 34 C
5 A 15 B 25 B 35 B
6 D 16 C 26 B 36 C
7 C 17 A 27 C 37 C
8 C 18 C 28 C 38 C
9 A 19 D 29 C 39 A
10 C 20 B 30 C 40 A

PAPER 2
[60 MARKS]
QUESTION 1
(a) EXPLAIN THE TERM POPULATION GROWTH
▪ Population growth is the rate at which the number of people in a population increases in a
given time period as a fraction of the initial population OR
▪ Population growth is the rate at which the population size of a defined geographical area
increases or decreases within a given time period as a fraction of the initial population.
[Any one well explain @ 2 marks]

(b) THREE FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT POPULATION GROWTH.

▪ Birth rate
▪ Death rate
▪ Migration
▪ Improvement in public health
[Any 3points @ 2 marks = 6 marks]
(c) WHY WAS THE WATSON COMMISSION SET UP

▪ Watson Commission was set up to find out the causes of the 1948 riots in Gold Coast and
recommend preventive measures against the recurrence of the violence.
▪ The Watson Commission was a group of three (3) British men who were appointed by the
Queen of England to find out the causes of the 1948 riots in Gold Coast.
▪ The group was known as Watson Commission because its chairman was by the name Andre
Aiken Watson. [4 marks]

(d) FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WATSON COMMISSION.

▪ It recommended that the grievances of the ex-soldiers must be addressed immediately.
▪ The commission also recommended that the number of Gold Coasters in the Executive
Council be increased from three (3) to five (5) ministers.
▪ It recommended the enlargement of the Legislative Council with five African majorities.
▪ It also proposed the establishment of Local Councils to replace the existing Local
Authorities.
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The commission suggested an expansion of facilities for education in Gold Coast
especially in the levels of primary, middle and secondary education.
▪ It also recommended a new constitution be drafted by the people of Gold Coast
themselves to address all the shortcomings in the 1946 Allan Burns Constitution.
[Any four point @ 2 marks= 8 marks]
QUESTION 2
(a) BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE 1948 RIOTS.

▪ The 1948 riot was a general chaos and disturbances which took place in the major towns and
cities of Gold Coast following the shooting of the three veterans on 28th February, 1948 at the
Christianburg crossroad.
▪ The rioting led to widespread looting and burning of shops owned by Europeans. Lebanese and
Syrians in the Gold Coast.
▪ The three veterans who were killed through shooting on 28th February 1948 were Private
Odartey Lamptey, corporal Patrick Attipoe and Sergent Cornelius Francis Adjetey.
[4 marks]
(b) THREE CAUSES OF THE 1948 RIOTS.
▪ The shooting and killing of the ex-serviceman at the Christianburg crossroad
▪ Non- payment of pensions to the veterans.
▪ Unemployment
▪ Poor living conditions of the ex-soldiers.
▪ Shortfalls with the Allan Burns’ constitution
▪ Refusal to grant loans to local traders.
▪ Shortage of essential commodities
▪ General discrimination against African
▪ Indiscriminate cutdown of cocoa trees infected by swollen shoot disease.
[Any three @ 2 marks = 6 marks]
(c) THREE SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF RAPID POPULATION GROWTH IN GHANA.

▪ Overexploitation of the country’s natural resources

▪ Poverty and low standard of living
▪ Leads to high indebtedness
▪ Shortage of food in the country
▪ Lead to breakdown of marriage and poor child upbring.
[Any 3 @ 2 marks= 6 marks]
(d) PULL FACTORS AND PUSH FACTORS OF RURAL- URBAN MIGRATION.
▪ Pull factors of rural urban migration are the good conditions existing in urban area which
attract people from the village whereas Push factors of rural – urban migration are the harsh
conditions in the rural areas that make life difficult for people and force them to relocate to
towns and cities. [4 marks]

QUESTION 3
(a) EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH POPULATION;
i. Population census
▪ Population census is the official periodic enumeration of persons residing in a geographical
area at a time for the purpose of obtaining information for planning.
ii. Population structure
▪ Population structure is the composition or classification of a population in terms of age or sex.
[2marks@ each =4 marks]
(b) FOUR POSSIBLE CAUSES OF HIGH DEATH RATE IN GHANA.
▪ Human Immune Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
▪ Measles
▪ Influenza
▪ Heart diseases
▪ Pneumonia
▪ Diarrheal diseases
 [Any four @ 2 marks = 8 marks]
(c) “COMMON GOAL” OF GHANA AS SET BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS.
▪ The common goal of Ghana is the fundamental principles set up by the founding leaders or
fathers that all Ghanaians should uphold to ensure total freedom from the foreigners.
[2 marks]
(d) THREE WAYS IS GHANA’S INDEPENDENCE IMPORTANT TO GHANAIANS

▪It gave Ghanaians freedom from colonial rule.

▪It also offered Ghanaians the chance to choose their own government from among their own
people to rule them.
▪ It brought together all the ethnic groups of Ghana as one people with a common aspiration
under one government.
▪ It also conferred on Ghana the privilege of being a sovereign state with the responsibility of
managing its own affairs.
▪ It offered the country the opportunity to become a member of any international body like the
Commonwealth of Nation and the United Nation Organization for her own benefit.
[Any three @ 2 marks =6 marks]
QUESTION 4

(a) WHAT IS PLEBISCITE

▪ A plebiscite is a direct vote by citizens of a country to decide on a major national issue which
demands Yes or No response. [3 marks]
(b) LIST THE REGIONS.
▪ Volta region
▪ Northern region
▪ Upper East region
▪ North East region
▪ Oti region
[1 each @ 1mark = 5 marks]
(c) THREE EFFECTS OF HIGH BIRTH RATE ON THE FAMILY.

▪ It brings about family poverty.

▪ High level of poverty in the family
▪ Poor child up bringing.
▪ Child streetism
▪ Child Abuse
▪ Child labour
▪ Teenage pregnancy and early marriage
▪ Child trafficking
[Any three @ 2marks =6 marks]
(d) THREE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO CONTROL HIGH BIRTH RATE IN GHANA.
▪ Girl- child education should must be promoted nationwide.
▪ Family planning and birth control measures should be intensified nationwide.
▪ There must be family education nationwide on the negative effects of polygamy
▪ Religious and moral Education should be taught in school to encourage chastity among
young ones.
▪ Parents should be responsible to the needs of their children.
[Any three @ 2marks =6 marks]
QUESTION 5
(a) WHAT WAS THE COUSSEY COMMITTEE OF 1949
▪ The Coussey Committee was a group of 39 Ghanaians who were selected by the governor of
Gold Coast based on the recommendations of the Watson Commission. All the Big Six
except Kwame Nkrumah were included in the committee.
▪ Sir Henley Coussey, the chairman of the committee was the only non- Ghanaian member.
[4 marks]
(b) FOUNDING LEADERS OF THE CONVENTION PEOPLE’S PARTY OF 1949.

▪ Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

▪ Komla Agbeti Gbedemah
▪ Kojo Botsio
▪ N.A. Welbeck
▪ Dzenkle Dzewu
▪ Krobo Edusei
[1 @ 1 mark each =6 marks]
(c) NAMES OF THE BIG SIX OF GOLD COAST
▪ Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
▪ Obetsebi Lamptey
▪ Arko Adjei
▪ William Ofori Atta
▪ Dr. J.B. Danquah
▪ Edward Akuffo Addo
[1 @ 1 mark each =6 marks]
(d) TWO MAJOR REASONS THAT CAUSE PEOPLES TO MIGRATE.
▪ Greater job opportunities
▪ Availability of better education and higher education.
▪ Availability of modern social amenities.
▪ Tribal conflicts
▪ Location of headquarters of public agencies
▪ Lack of employment
[Any 2 @ 2marks= 4 marks]

QUESTION 6
(a) EXPLAIN THE TERM MIGRATION.
▪ Migration is the movement of people from one place to another with the intention of settling
temporarily or permanently in the new location. [2 marks]
(b) DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION.
▪ Emigration is the movement of people out of their home country to live in another country.
Whereas
▪ Immigration is the movement of foreigners to reside in another country.
[2marks each @4 marks]
(c) FOUR FOUNDING LEADERS OF THE NATION GHANA.
▪ Dr Joseph Boakye Danquah
▪ Dr Kwame Nkrumah
▪ Emmanuel Obetsebi Lamptey
▪ William Ofori Atta
▪ Awoonor Williams
▪ Ebenezer Arko Adjei
▪ Edward Akuffo Addo
▪ Hanna Cudjoe
▪ George Alfred Paa Grant
▪ Komla Agbeli Gbedemah
[Any four @ 2marks=8 marks]
(d) CONTRIBUTIONS OF GHANA’S FOUNDING LEADERS
▪ They fought against the extension of British colonial power over Gold Coast. For example,
they protested the Land Bill which sought to vest all the unused lands in the Crown and so
make the land of Gold Coast the property of the colonial government.
▪ The founding leaders protested the actions of the colonial government which did not favour
the native people of Gold Coast.
▪ They created awareness in the people that it was bad and a disgrace to be colonized.
▪ They also educated the people about how the British were taking away our resources.
[Any three @ 2marks=6 marks]