Grade 8 Social Sciences (History) March Test paper and Memo – 2025

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Grade 8 SS (History) March Test paper and memo – 2025.
Topics covered in this paper:

• The Diamond Industry in South Africa:
  • Key figures: Cecil John Rhodes, Barney Barnato
  • Companies: De Beers Consolidated Mines
  • Policies: One Man, One Claim Policy
  • Events: Diamond Rush, British Annexation of Griqualand West
  • Impact on Black Claim-Owners and working conditions
• The Industrial Revolution:
  • Types of revolutions
  • Dominant economic activity before the Industrial Revolution
  • Production of goods and services before the Industrial Revolution
  • Key technological changes and their impact on production
  • Social changes and the creation of new classes
  • Urbanization and its impact on living conditions
• Indian Indentured Labour in Natal:
  • Reasons for importing Indian labour
  • Key figures involved in political settlements
  • Working conditions on sugar plantations
  • Economic impact on the sugar industry
  • Comparison with ‘passenger’ Indians
  • Long-term effects on South African society and cultural landscape
• Cecil John Rhodes:
  • Role in South Africa
  • Founding of De Beers and its significance
  • The naming of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
  • The Rhodes Scholarship
  • The controversial legacy of Cecil John Rhodes

This is a practice paper with memorandum meant to test the student’s knowledge, and will not be the same paper written for the exam.

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