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History Grade 8
Test Description: History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) All men had to pay a ____ tax that was over 18 years
A
Sin Tax
B
Legal Tax
C
Poll Tax
D
No tax
2) Miners had to walk long distances from their homes to find work
A
Often bleeding feet
B
All
C
Robbers and crooks made the journey dangerous
D
The will be hungry, tired and
3) Chamber of Mines introduced a recruiting system
A
That sent agents to villages
B
All
C
encouraging people to work on the mines
D
Agents would walk with miners to the mines
4) After a miner was recruited he had to
A
sign a contract that state how long the job would be
B
All
C
Stay on the mines until the contract expired (6 - 18 months)
D
If contract was broken they were either arrested, sent to jail or fined
5) What was a pass
A
Another form of labour control
B
All
C
He had 3 days to find work or end up working for the mines
D
He required a document called the Pass
6) What is soil erosion
A
Wind and water
B
Wearing away by
C
All
D
and over farming of the earth's surface
7) Family erosion
A
Slow breaking down of families
B
Killing of families
C
Blowing away of families
D
-
8) Reserves became less why
A
Cows produced less milk
B
all
C
Soil produced less food
D
White settlers took over more and more land
9) The reserves became poorer
A
True
B
-
C
False
D
No
10) Hung - over
A
All
B
the night before
C
Having too much alcohol
D
Feeling one has the day after
11) When was an African Mine union formed
A
1900
B
1923
C
1946
D
1941
12) When did the African miners stage a strike
A
1942
B
1946
C
1950
D
1980
13) How did workers resist
A
Poor conditions
B
Left mines cause of low pay
C
all
D
Break their contracts
14) How did workers resist
A
They slowed down production
B
Drink too much over weekends
C
all
D
by not coming to work
15) How did workers resist
A
Broke their tools
B
All
C
workers acting stupid as if they didn't understand
D
Deliberately did a poor jobe
16) In 1910 the Transvaal became a province of tehe
A
Johannesburg became part of the new province
B
All
C
Gauteng
D
White controlled Union of SA
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