SEKOLAH RENDAH

SCHOOL - BASED ASSESSMENT II, 2024

SOCIAL STUDIES

YEAR 5

Time: 1 Hour

Instructions:

1. Write your name, class and date in the box provided.

2. Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.
3. Answer ALL QUESTIONS.
4. Work as quickly and carefully as you can.
5. If you cannot answer a question, go on to the next one. Do not waste time.
6. When you are told to stop writing put your pen down and close the booklet.
7. You are given 5 minutes to look through the questions paper.

Name:

Year: YEAR 5 IMPRESSIVE

Date:

MARKS:

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SECTION A: Write the correct answer (a, b, c or d) in the box provided:

1. A ___________ is a place or territory ruled by a king.

a. district
b. colony
c. shopping mall
d. kingdom

2. A system if government where a monarch is the official ruler of a country is called

__________________.

a. Democracy
b. Monarchy
c. Anarchy
d. Aristocracy

3. _________________ was the first person to travel the world and map out his route.

a. Vasco De Gama
b. Christopher Columbus
c. Ferdinand Magella
d. James Brooke

4. Sultan Bolkiah was the ________ Sultan of Brunei

a. first
b. third
c. fifth
d. twenty-fourth

5. During the age of discoveries, explorers travelled in large sailing ships called
a. ships
b. boats
c. galleons

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 d. kayaks
6. Westerners are people who come from

a. Europe
b. Asia
c. Middle East
d. South America

7. Who was known as Nakhoda Ragam (Singing Captain)

a. Sultan Sharif Ali

b. Sultan Bolkiah
c. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
d. Sultan Muhammad Shah

8. Who was the first Muslim Sultan of the Brunei Kingdom?

a. Sultan Muhammad Shah

b. Sultan Bolkiah
c. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin
d. Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam

9. An Arab trader called Brunei as

a. Po’li
b. Sribuza
c. Buruneng
d. Kg Garang

10. Who came to Brunei from the Middle East to spread Islam and became a Sultan?

a. Sultan Muhammad Shah

b. Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin
c. Sultan Sharif Ali
d. Sultan Hj Hassanal Bolkiah

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 (10 marks)

SECTION B: Match phrases in Column A with the correct words in Column C and write the answers in
the space in Column B.

Column A Column B (Answers) Column C

1. Things that we use to make a living and to meet Antonio Pigafetta

our needs and wants

Awang Alak
2. __________ means the Abode of Peace
Betatar

3. The first European visitor to Brunei in 1521 galleon

4. The _______________ is a treaty to not cede or camphor

lease their land to foreigners.

5. The act of taking over a place through the use Resources

of force.

6. The first ruler of Brunei’s name before he The Castille War

converted to a muslim was Sultan ________

7. The war between Brunei and Spain known as Amanat

_____________

8. Po’ni was a successful port which traded in Conquest

____________

9. A ______________ can travel across large Vasco De Gama

ocean

10. ________________ discovered a new route to Darussalam

Asia around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa

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 (10 marks)

SECTION C: Write ‘T’ against the CORRECT statement and ‘F’ against the WRONG statement.

1. Po’ni was a successful port which traded in slaves and arts. ( )

2. Brunei has the world’s oldest monarchy. ( )

3. Sultan Sharif Ali was the second sultan of Brunei ( )

4. Buruneng, Sribuza and Po’li was some of the early names of Brunei. ( )

5. Ferdinand Magella was the first person to discover New World or America. ( )

6. By 16th century, Brunei became an important trading port. ( )

7. The westerner control trade in Asia by adding each other’s Instagram and Tik Tok. ( )

8. Colonies are countries rules by more powerful countries. ( )

9. In 1555, Malacca was destroyed by Portugal. ( )

10. British North Borneo Company was found in 1881 by a British merchant. ( )

(10 marks)

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SECTION D: Fill in the blanks with the correct words given in the box provided:

Sultan Omar Ali SAifuddien II Sultan Abdul Momin James Brooke

Amanat colony British North Borneo Company 1888

Protectorate 14th 1839

1. Sarawak was a province of Brunei since __________ century.

2. The Sultan of Brunei at that time was Sultan ____________________________

3. The British explorer and soldier who came to Brunei to stop fight in Sarawak is

_____________________.

4. The Brooke’s family came in ______________.

5. In 1878, a British merchant founded a trading company, known as

_____________________________________.

6. In 1881, the British government gave the British North Borneo Company special permission to

create a __________________.

7. In 1852, Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin II was succeeded by Sultan ________________

8. An agreement made between the nobles and chiefs called the ________________

9. In ____________, the sultan signed a treaty with Britain in order to get Britain to protect Brunei.

10. Brunei became a British ________________________ state.

(10 marks)

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SECTION E: Answer the following questions.

1. What are resources and the two types of resources

Resources are

_______________________________________________________________________

i) _________________________ ii) _________________________

2. _______________________ resources are things that are found in nature.

3. _______________________ resources are things that are made by humans.

4. List 2 examples each of natural and human resources.

Natural Resources Human Made Resources

i) i)

ii) ii)

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