NAGENG PRIMARY SCHOOL
SOCIAL SCIENCES
BASELINE ASSESSMENT 1 TERM 1 2024
NAME AND SURNAME OF LEARNER:
GRADE:
5_______
MARK ALLOCATION:
15
DURATION:
1 hour
4
PAGES
INSTRUCTIONS:
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Answer all questions.
Write neatly and legibly.
Read all the instructions of each question before answering.
All questions must be answered on the question paper.
QUESTION
TOPICS:
POSSIBLE
MARKS
1
2
TRUE OR FALSE
5
3
DEFINE
MAP SKILLS
3
4
4
TOTAL
LEARNING FROM
LEARDERS
3
15
LEARNERS’
MARKS
MODERATORS
MARKS
Educator: D. Malapane
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[1]
Moderator: K. Makgatho
________
QUESTION 1:
TRUE OR FALSE
( 5 MARKS)
Instruction: State whether the statement is true or false. Circle the correct answer .
1. Mahatma Gandhi came from a country called South Africa.
A. True’
B. False
2. A direction is the way someone or something is pointing or moving.
A. True’
B. False
3. Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa.
A. True’
B. False
4. Bicycles have been around for a very long time and they did not always look
like they do today.
A. True’
B. False
5. Apartheid is a way of keeping black, coloured and Indian South Africans
apart from white people.
A. True’
B. False
QUESTION 2:
DEFINE
( 3 MARKS)
Instruction: Give definitions of following words.
A. Compass
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
B. Climate
___________________________________________________________________
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[2]
C. Border
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 3:
MAP SKILLS
( 4 MARKS)
Instruction: Complete below compass.
QUESTION 4:
LEARNING FROM LEARDERS
( 3 MARKS)
Instruction: Look at the photographs and write the name of below historical leader
next to the photographer.
Photographer 1: _________________________
[3]
Photographer 2: ___________________________
Photographer 3: ___________________________
TOTAL: 15 marks
GOOD LUCK
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