ROYAL EXCELLENCE HIGH SCHOOL

FORM 2 MID YEAR EXAMINATION

PAPER 2 SECTION A: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS (Time:

(b) Identify five groups of people who serve as socialization agents in your community. [5]

(c) Explain three functions of the school as a socialization agent. [3]

2. (a) Outline two positive and two negative effects of peers in socialization. [4]

(b) List two types of the electronic media. [2]

(c) What is the role of media in socialization? [1]

(d) Identify three negative effects of media in socialization. [3]

3. (a) Define the following terms:

(i) Inheritance [1]

(ii) Norms [1]

(iii) Rites [1]

(b) List four norms and values that are found in your community.

(4) (c) Explain three reasons why it is important to observe community norms and values. [3]

4. (a) Define the following terms: (i)

Totem [2] (ii)

Herb [2]

(iii) Culture [2]

5. (a) List any two features of the Zimbabwean culture. [2]

(b) State any one characteristic of the Xhosa birth rites. [1]

(c) State the use of a rondavel in Xhosa birth rite culture. [1]

(d) Why did the head of household in Ndau culture was buried at the center of the homestead?
[2]

(e) What is bira or kurova guva death rite ceremony in the Shona culture? [2]

6. (a) Define the term indigenous language. [2]

(b) What are the two main functions of language among humans? [2]

(c) List any three different languages spoken in Zimbabwe which are found in the Constitution of
Zimbabwe. [3]

(d) State any three reasons for upholding indigenous languages and cultures. [3]

SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS Answer any two questions in this section.Each question
carries 20 marks.

7. (a) Describe the uses of the black jack to the health of human beings. [10]

(b) What are the three disadvantages of using traditional herbs over modern medicine. [6]

(c) Describe the functions of totems as they are used by the Shona and the Ndebele communities
found in Zimbabwe. [4]

8. Describe the following:

(a) Contemporary courtship practices. [10]

(b) Ndebele and Shona traditional courtship practices. [10]

9. Explain the functions of the following indigenous marriage counselors:

(a) Aunt [5]

(b) Uncle [5]

(c) Grandmother [5]

(d) Grandfather [5]

10. Describe the significance of the following forms of indigenous entertainment:

(b) Games [6]

(c) Dance and songs [7]

11. Explain how the following dances are performed in Zimbabwean cultures:

(a) Domba dance [5]

(b) Malende dance [5]

(c) Muchongoyo dance [5]

(d) Tshikona dance [5]

12.Describe the social, economic and political organization of the Great Zimbabwe state. [20]

EXAMINATION
PAPER 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (1 hour )
There are 40 questions in this paper. Answer all questions in a
separate paper.
For each question there are 4 possible answers, A, B, C, and
D. Choose the one you consider correct.
1. We learn about ourselves and the society through _____
A. socialization
B. worshipping
C. dancing
D. playing
2. What is the official purpose of the school?
A. to teach learners to misbehave.
B. to offer jobs.
C. to transfer knowledge and life skills.
D. to teach learners to disrespect their parents.
3. Children spend most of their active hour’s ____
A. at school B. in the streets C. pubs D. market places
4. At school, who acts as a role model for learners?
A. grounds man B. SDC chairperson C. other learners D. the teacher
5. A peer group is a ______
A. sibling
B. teacher
C. builder
D. people who are linked by common interests
6. Which of the following is a positive impact of peer socialization?
A. it provides emotional support
B. smoking
C. negative peer pressure
D. cultural dilution
7. Negatively, peer socialization _____
A. results in good behavior
B. emotional support
C. leads to cultural decadency
D. cause other peers to be kind
8. WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and myspace are all forms of ______
A. printed media
B. social media
C. norms and values
D. society
9. A period before engagement and marriage is called ______
A. wedding
B. a ceremony
C. courtship
D. marriage
10. An expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from
generation to another is called _____
A. heirship
B. inheritance
C. counselling process
D. cultural heritage
11. Norms and values are important in the community because ____
A. they guide people’s behavior
B. they are not effective 72 73s1w
C. they teach people dangerous behaviours
D. they have negative effects
12. Cultural heritage is expressed as ______
A. valueless
B. socialization
C. either tangible or intangible heritage
D. heirship
13. When you meet someone who is older than you, you ______
A. beat him or her
B. just pass
C. insult the person D. greet the person
14. When you are given something by someone, how do you respond?
A. greet the person
B. thank the person
C. snatch the thing and run-away
D. shout at the person
15. What name is given to the Shona cultural ceremony performed before the birth of a child?
A. masungiro
B. roora
C. kurova guva
D. nduma
16. In the Xhosa culture, a birthing woman was attended by grandmothers in a ____
A. umtuma
B. rondavell
C. sifudu
D. ingceke
17. Which of the following is a physical Zimbabwean cultural heritage ____
A. Victoria Falls
B. language
C. skills D. customs
18. All of the following are types of intangible inheritance except _____
A. skills
B. customs
C. norms and values
D. artifacts
19. What is the most common contemporary courtship practice ____
A. letter writing
B. chatting online
C. the use of intermediator
D. none of the above
20. Tshikona dance is famous among which culture?
A. Shona
B. Tonga
C. Ndau
D. Venda
21. When death occurs in the Tonga village, the news is conveyed by beating drums called ____
A. ngoma yabukali
B. kuzemba
C. ngoma chitende
D. kuyabila
22. The aunt and the grandmother usually teach young girls _____
A. to be irresponsible.
B. bad behavior.
C. to be lazy.
D. how to behave when married and to avoid premarital sex.
23. In the traditional societies what was the significance of folktales?
A. teaching children to share, to be kind and hardworking.
B. teaching children risk behaviours.
C. entertaining only. D. teaching children to be boastful.
24. Which of the following is not a traditional game?
A. nhodo
B. chimuhwande muhwande
C. mahumbwe D. rugby
25. Traditional games help children to _____
A. develop thinking and psychomotor skills
B. respect their parents
C. develop risk behaviours
D. be rude
26. Muchongoyo dance represents the culture of which people?
A. Portuguese
B. Shona
C. Ndebele
D. Boers
27. The tangible cultural heritage include the following accept _____
A. archaeological sites
B. historic sites
C. graves
D. language and culture
28. The major economic importance of the Great Zimbabwe Monument is that _____
A. it brings foreign currency to the country as a tourist attraction centre.
B. it shows the skills and knowledge of the Shona people.
C. it is the centre from which the name of the country was derived from.
D. it is decorative and attractive.
29. Intangible cultural heritage can easily be forgotten so it should ______
A. be taught in the formal education to prevent its extinction
B. be left to die
C. be dropped
D. be overlooked
30. Personal identity affords a citizen to have a right to _____
A. legal representation
B. clean water
C. shelter
D. wealthy
31. The following items are forms of totems in Zimbabwe except ______
A. eland
B. heart
C. elephant
D. bark
32. National identity cards are given by the government at _____
A. school
B. hospital where one is born
C. Registrar General’s Office
D. the bank 33. Which of the following is not a form of identity ____
A. name and surname
B. totem
C. language
D. skin colour
34. Personal identity will afford a person the right to ____
A. claim an estate B. write end of term examinations
C. get treatment at a hospital
D. afford the entrance to a hotel
35. The birth record is used to _____
A. guard against children from thieves.
B. prevent early death of child.
C. record the number of children born in the country.
D. record the males born in the country.
36. The Aloe Vera can be used for the following purpose except ______
A. cosmetic uses
B. medical uses
C. food uses
D. drinking
37. The following languages form part of the Shona language in Zimbabwe except ____
A. Zezuru
B. Budja
C. Manyika
D. Venda
38. The name of the totem which is believed to be the earliest among the Shona people is ______
A. Shava totem
B. Moyo totem
C. Soko totem
D. Madyirapanze totem
39. Ndorani is a very important herb that is used in the treatment of _____
A. cold flue
B. gastritis
C. backache
D. improve eye sight
40. Mngqwayi game is common in the _____ culture.
A. Shona
B. Tonga
C. Ndebele
D. Ndau