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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

HISTORY 6084/1

PAPER 1 Economic History of Zimbabwe(Pre-colonial to Present)
SPECIMEN PAPER 2018 3 hours

Additional materials:
Answer paper

TIME. 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer paper.
Answer four questions from at least three of Sections A — D.

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
This paper consists of 20 questions.
Each question in this paper carries 25 marks.

Y ou are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.

This question paper consists of 2 printed pages.
Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, Specimen paper 2018.

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SECTIONA (Pre-Colonial to 1900)

In what ways and to what extent have Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) contributed to
food security among pre-colonial Zimbabwean societies?

Examine the economic changes that were brought about by the introduction of iron in the
Early and Later Iron A ges.

To what extent did Portuguese-Swahili merchant capitalism affect the economy of the
Mutapa from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries?

‘An entirely raiding economy.’ Is this a justified view of the Ndebele economy between
1840 and 1893?

Compare the economic impact of the Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893 — 4 with that of the First
Chimurenga/ Umvukela of 1896 — 7.

SECTION B (1901 to 1980)

Discuss the effectiveness of the methods used by the settlers to solve the shortage of labour
between 1900 and 1930.

Assess the economic impact of the Land A pportionment Act of 1930 on African societies in
colonial Zimbabwe.

Examine the economic arguments put forward by the settlers for the establishment of the
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953.

Compare the economic effects of the Land Husbandry Act of 1951 with those of the Land
Tenure Act of 1969.

Assess the economic impact of the imposition of sanctions on colonial Zimbabwe between
1965 and 1980.

SECTION C (1981 to 2000)

Examine the measures taken by the government of Zimbabwe to develop agriculture
between 1981 and 1990.

Why and with what effect did the government of Zimbabwe adopt the Economic Structural
Adjustment Programme (ESA P) in 1991?

‘The bread basket of Africa.” Explain how Zimbabwe achieved that status between 1981
and 2001.

Assess the impact of the AIDS pandemic on the economy of Zimbabwe between 1990 and
2000.

Evaluate the response of the state and non-state actors to natural disasters in
Zimbabwe between 1981 and 2000.

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SECTION D (2001 to Present)
Assess the role played by the government of Zimbabwe in the sustainable utilisation of the
country’s resources since 2001.

‘Lack of business ethics has hampered the growth of a once vibrant Zimbabwean economy
since 2001.’ Discuss.

Examine the view that the mushrooming of Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has
threatened the viability of the formal business sector in Zimbabwe since 2001.

‘The introduction of a multi-currency system in Zimbabwe in 2009 brought relief to an
ailing economy.’ How far do you agree with this view?

How far has the Look East Policy helped in alleviating the economic challenges facing
Zimbabwe?

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