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  QUESTION 1   1.1 The Renaissance is a period in the history of Europe beginning in about 1400 AD. “Renaissance” is a French word meaning “Rebirth”. Why was this a period of “Rebirth”?  Explain in your own words. (2)

  QUESTION 3 TRUE OR FALSE   3.1 Bartholomew Dias was a German sailor. (1)

3.3 Below are pictures of Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe. Discuss the SIMILARITIES these two cities share.  Provide 4 similarities.                                                 Click on the blue image below to open the image in a new tab     Hint: geographically, archaeological founds, social and hierarchy structures, wealth   (4)

QUESTION 3 GREAT ZIMBABWE 3.1 Study the graph below. Why do you think that the people of Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe ‘disappeared’? (2)                                                     Click on the blue button below to open the graph in a new tab    

2.3 Identify the image below and explain what it was used for.                                                                 Click on the blue button below to open the image   (2)

1.2 Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?  Give one reason.                                                             Click on the blue button to open the map of Italy   (1)

BIBLIOGRAPHY     https://e-classroom.co.za/caps/grade-6/english/social-sciences-history/term-1/an-african-kingdom-long-ago-in-southern-africa-mapungubwe/opening-the-world-to-international-trade-marco-polo       Image: BBC.com news       Image source: https://www.analogictips.com/fluxgate-compasses-part-1-context-and-principles-faq/       Image from: maryloudriedger2.files.wordpress.com       Image from: commons.wikimedia.org          

3.3 Leonardo da Vinci sketched the first drawings of a helicopter. (1)

2.2 Some might say that although da Gama reached India, both he and Dias failed in their missions. Do you agree with this? Explain your answer. (3)