GENERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SOCIAL SCIENCES
HISTORY TEST
GRADE 8
NAME _____________________________________
GRADE ____________________________________
MARKS
: 50
DURATION: 1 HOUR
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all the questions found in this question paper
2. Number your answers correctly according to the numbering used in this paper.
3. Study all the sources provided when answering the questions.
4. Note the mark allocation for each question to guide your answer.
5. Write neat and legible.
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Question 1 Industrial Revolution
Match column A and B
1.1.
A
Industrial Revolution
ANSWERS
1.2.Merchant
1.3.Common land
1.4.Agricultural Revolution
1.5. Enclosure system
1.6.Indentured workers
1.7.Invention
1.8. Carat
1.9. Monopoly
1.10. Claim
B
A. a period in the 18th and 19th centuary,
especially in Europe and north America
when machines were Invented.
B.The unit of measurement for precious
stones, one carat weighs.
C.workers who are on contract to work
for a certain length of time at a certain
wage for an employer.
D.a change in the way farming was
done.
E.The creation of something new.
F.land that is shared and can be used by
everyone.
G.control over everything in the Industry.
H. a change of farming methods.
I. Piece of land which a digger had a
claim and would be allowed to dig
diamond
J. a person who has trading business.
k. Movement of people to enclosure and
fence land that would then belong to one
person.
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Question 2
Answer True or false
1.1.
Voyage is a journey by a ship. __________
(1)
1.2.
Revolution
1.3.
Cottage industry is back house factory. ___________ (1)
1.4.
Invention to start new things. ______________ (1)
1.5.
Colonisation is a government of people by people. __________ (1)
(5)
is to overthrow a goverment by force. __________ (1)
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Question 3
Study source A below and answer question followed
SOURCE A : Treatment of Children during Industrial Revolution
3.1. What is child labour _____________________________________________ (1x2)
3.2.From source above what happened if a worker got injured
_________________________________________________________________ (1x2)
Paragraph writing
3.3.1. Write a paragraph about how the children were treated during Industrial
Revolution
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(5x2=10)
QUESTION 4
Read the SOURCE below and use your own knowledge to answer questions that
follow:
SOURCE A
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Slave-owning plantation owners, and merchants who dealt with slave and their produce
were among the richest people in 18th century Britain. Between 1761 and 1808, Britain
traders hauled across the Atlantic Ocean some 1428000 Africans slaves and pocketed about
60million pounds- close to 8 billion pounds in today’s money – from slave trade. Profits
from these activities helped to build a score of banks, including Barclays, and were used to
finance the experiments of James Watt, inventor of the first steam engine.
A study of the activities of 23 London merchants, who were heavily involved in the slave
trade, found that they played their part in building roads and bridges………. They invested in
Shipbuilding and whaling the weaving of woolen cloth, in mining, especially salt, coal, and
lime, the production of building materials, such as lumber, rope, iron and glass.
1.1. In which country did the Industrial Revolution start?___________________ (2)
1.2. Name the two groups of people who were among the richest people in the 18 th
century Britain, mentioned in the SOURCE._________________________
_____________________________________
(2)
1.3. Through which Ocean did the British cross to get to Africa, mentioned in the
source.____________________________
(2)
1.4. How many Africans were captured between the year 1761 and1808?
________________________________
1.5. Mention the bank that benefited from these activities? _________________
(2)
(2)
1.6. Why was it important for them to build roads and bridges?
____________________________________________
(2)
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QUESTION 5
1 ECONOMICAL CHANGES
STUDY THE SOURCE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW:
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1.1. Who were used as labour in the plantations? _______________________(2)
1.2. Explain why farming was so difficult before the Industrial Revolution?
_______________________________________________________
(2)
1.3. Where were the Cottage or Domestic Industry found in Britain before the
Industrial Revolution? _________________________________________(2)
1.4. What mode of transport was used before the Industrial Revolution?
___________________________________________________________(2)
1.5. Name the mode of transports that was invented during the Industrial Revolution
___________________________________________________________(2)
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GRAND TOTAL=50
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