RAHA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

END OF THIRD TERM EXAMINATIONS

2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR
CLASS: BASIC 6 SUBJECT: HISTORY DURATION:1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
NAME:……………………………………………………………………………………
DATE:…………………………………………………………………………………
SECTION A (30 MARKS)
Answer all questions.
For questions 1–30, circle an option to indicate your answer. If you change your mind,
rule a line through the option horizontally and then circle another option. Each question
is worth 1 mark.
1. At the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 a) A Lieutenant-General Akwasi
the Europeans agreed on how Amankwaa Afrifa and
to_______ Colonel Emmanuel Kwasi
a) divide Africa among Kotoka
themselves b) Colonel Emmanuel Kwasi
b) spread Christianity in Africa Kotoka and Major-General
c) trade with the Africans Joseph Ankrah
2. In which year did the first military c) Major-General Joseph
coup d’état take place in Ghana? Ankrah and Jerry Rawlings
a) 1961 5. In which year did Ghana become a
b) 1966 republic?
c) 1957 a) 1957
3. Who resigned from the military and b) 1959
contested the 1992 election, as part c) 1960
of the NDC? 6. What event followed the new
a) Joseph Ankrah constitution written by Justice
b) Fred Akuffo Daniel Francis Annan?
c) Ignatius AcheampongDJerry a) Coup d’état
Rawlings b) Referendum
4. Who were two (2) of the main c) general election
people who planned the 1966 coup 7. Who was the president of the
d’état against the ruling CPP and Dr. Second Republic from 1970 to 1972?
Kwame Nkrumah? a) Akwasi Afrifa
 b) Edward Akufo-Addo a) the Speaker of Parliament
c) Dr. Kwame Nkrumah b) the President
8. Which republic of Ghana did c) the Chief Justice
President Hilla Limann govern? 14. Most republics have been truncated
a) The First Republic or toppled by the military. Which of
b) The Second Republic the republics in Ghana have not
c) The Third Republic suffered military coup d'état?
9. Which Head of State belonged to a) The first republic
the PNDC? b) the second republic
a) Jerry Rawlings c) the fourth republic
b) Fred Akuffo 15. Independent candidates do not run
c) John Mahama on the ticket of any political party.
10. Yaa Asantewaa, who led the Asante Which of the following people ran
army to war in 1901, was the as an independent candidate before
queenmother of becoming a president.
a) Kumasi a) Dr. hilla liman
b) Ejisu b) Mr. John Agyekum Kufour
c) Kumawu c) Nii Amaa Ollennu
11. How many attempted coups d’état 16. Which Military regime overthrew
took place in Ghana between 1966 the Limann government ?
and 1981? a) CPP
a) Seven b) PNDC
b) Five c) NLC
c) Six 17. When the military takes over the
12. Who won the NPP primaries and government, they suspend the
led the Great Alliance of NPP and constitution and make their own
NCP to the general election in laws. Laws made by the military
1996? government are called?
a) John Atta Mills a) Case laws
b) John Mahama b) decrees
c) John Kufuor c) bye-laws
13. One important branch of 18. Who was the second president of
government is the Judiciary. Who is the 4th Republic of Ghana?
the head of the judiciary in Ghana? a) J.J Rawlings
 b) John Kufuor b) Collecting National Taxes
c) Hilla Limann c) Managing Local Affairs
19. Asher has his source of history by 25. soldiers in the Roman army were
digging and analysis of its material sometimes paid with salt instead of
remains, who is Asher? money. Which of these words is
a) Anthropologist derived from the word ‘salt’?
b) archaeologist a) salary
c) Philosopher b) dividends
20. Many people in ancient Africa were c) stipends
nomads. This means 26. Stone Age people_________used
a) They did not settle in one to make clothes.
place for a long time, they a) skins
move from place to place b) cloth
b) They were Fishermen c) fibres
c) They were cruel 27. The president of the Aborigines
21. The_________________system of Rights Protection Society was
trading was used to exchange goods a) John Sey
in ancient times. b) James Kwegyir Aggrey
a) barter c) John Mensah Sarbah
b) monetization
c) Stock exchange 28. An event, which was recorded on
22. Slave traders held the slaves in the 10th December 1999, happened in
___________of forts and castles, the___________
a) dungeons a) 12th century
b) grave b) 19th century
c) arsenal room c) 20th century
23. Who leads the local government in 29. Dawhenya is an ancient town
a district in Ghana? found in the greater Accra region of
a) District Chief Executive present-day Ghana. The people of
b) President of Ghana Dawhenya are called___________
c) Regional Minister a) Ga
24. What is the main role of a District b) dangbe
Assembly in Ghana? c) Efutu
a) Running National Hospitals
30. One of the problems of military
administration in West Africa is that
soldier
a) lack discipline.
b) are not well organized.
c) are not trained for
governance.
 SECTION B (70 MARKS)
Answer all questions.

1. a. Define the term "military."

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3 marks.
b. What is a military coup d'état?
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3 marks.
c. Provide a description of four characteristics associated with military rule.
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6 marks.
d. Explain 4 ways how a military coup d’etat can affect the economy of a country.
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8 marks.
2. a. How do you understand the term bye laws?
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3 marks.
b. list four Jobs of the district assembly that govern each district.
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6 marks.

c. In your own words, explain why Ghana is a republican state.

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3 marks.
d. How is a district different from a constituency?
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4 marks.
3. a. Mention the three branches of government in the fourth republic of Ghana.
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3 marks.
b. List the leaders of each of the three branches of government in the fourth republic of
Ghana mentioned in question 3(b) above.
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3 marks.
c. Give one (1) fact about each of the presidents of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
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10 marks.
d. Describe the inauguration of a new president in Ghana.
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5 marks.
4. a. What is high treason?
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3 marks.
b. Write in full five political parties that have existed in Gold coast.
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10 marks.