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Y209/01 African Kingdoms c.1400–c.1800: four case studiesSummer 2017 examination seriesVersion 1
H505For first teaching in 2015
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ContentsIntroduction 3
Question 1a: Level 6 - 10 mark answer 4
Commentary 7
Question 1b: Level 6 - 18 mark answer 8
Commentary 13
Question 1a: Level 5 - 7 mark answer 14
Commentary 15
Question 1b: Level 6 - 17 mark answer 16
Commentary 19
Question 1a: Level 5 - 8 mark answer 20
Commentary 21
Question 1b: Level 5 - 13 mark answer 22
Commentary 24
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IntroductionThese exemplar answers have been chosen from the summer 2017 examination series.
OCR is open to a wide variety of approaches and all answers are considered on their merits. These exemplars, therefore, should not be seen as the only way to answer questions but do illustrate how the mark scheme has been applied.
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Question 1(a)
Which of the following were the more significant reasons for the adoption of Christianity in the kingdom of Kongo?
(i) Religious reasons
(ii) Political reasons
Explain your answer with reference to both (i) and (ii).
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Examiner commentaryIn dealing with the significance of pre-existing religious cults, the focus is on explanation, with thorough development of the ideas and good supporting detail. However, it is a balanced analysis with precise reference to events in the later part of the period and how they show that the full adoption of Christianity had not occurred. This explanatory focus is repeated in discussing political factors and again knowledge is used to support the argument. A clear and supported judgement is reached which follows logically from the main body of the response, building on the comments made about the limited adoption of Christianity. The importance of both issues is discussed, with consistent focus on the question and the judgement is developed and therefore the response is placed in Level 6.
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Question 1(b)
To what extent was the slave trade a positive influence on Oyo and Dahomey in the period 1608–c.1800?
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Examiner commentaryThe opening paragraph offers a balanced and, in places, a supported view about the issue in the question. Throughout the response the focus is on explanation and analysis, with precise knowledge being used to support and drive the argument forward. The argument is balanced with the issue of the slave trade weighed against the role of cloth and weaving. The response also compares the impact of the slave trade on the administrative strength with pre-established internal structures to reach an interim judgement. The response also considers the negative impact of the slave trade; this ranges across a wide period and is able to select a range of evidence to support the argument offered. This leads to a further interim judgement which follows logically from the main body of the paragraph. The series of interim judgements allows an overall judgement to be reached which is supported and therefore the response is placed in Level 6. To reach the very top the interim judgements would need to be further developed.
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Question 1(a)
Level 5 answer – 7 marks
Which of the following were the more significant reasons for the adoption of Christianity in the kingdom of Kongo?
(i) Religious reasons
(ii) Political reasons
Explain your answer with reference to both (i) and (ii).
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Examiner commentaryThe response does explain both the factors. The explanation of religious factors in the adoption of Christianity is clear, but the range of explanation is limited and not fully developed, with only one point fully explained and some limited explanation of the second. In dealing with political factors the response is more thorough and the issues are mostly developed and explained. A supported judgement is reached, although at the start it is not particularly clear. The limited explanation of the first issue means that the response does not reach Level 6; in order to reach Level 6 both factors would need to be fully explained and there would be a fully developed judgement.
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Question 1(b)
To what extent was the slave trade a positive influence on Oyo and Dahomey in the period 1608–c.1800?
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Examiner commentaryThe importance of the slave trade for Dahomey is explained and there is supporting knowledge to back up the argument, but this is balanced against other factors such as cloth, dyes and other agricultural goods. The focus is on explanation, leading to an interim judgement about the importance of the trade. This is linked to how it enabled them to improve their military position and increase the size of the kingdom. However, the response is balanced and does discuss the negative impact of the trade and this is linked to the decline in agricultural output. The abolition of the slave trade in Britain is discussed, but this is also balanced against the agreement made with Brazil. This allows a judgement to be reached about the negative impact. The response also discusses the impact of the slave trade on Oyo and this discussion is balanced with consideration of both the negative and positive impacts. The argument is well supported by accurate and relevant material. The wide ranging discussion allows a balanced and developed judgement to be reached, which takes the response into Level 6. However, to reach the top of Level 6 there needed to be a greater discussion of Oyo, which does not display the same depth of analysis and evaluation as that of Dahomey.
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Question 1(a)
Which of the following were the more significant reasons for the adoption of Christianity in the kingdom of Kongo?
(i) Religious reasons
(ii) Political reasons
Explain your answer with reference to both (i) and (ii).
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Examiner commentaryThe two issues are explained and there is some supporting detail. However, in discussing the political reasons, the coverage is limited and part of the explanation is more on religious than political factors. The discussion of religious reasons is better developed and there is some support for the explanation. A judgement is reached and there is some support for this, but as with the rest of the response, it is not fully developed. As a result of the uneven development of the response it was placed in Level 5 and would need much greater development and a wider range of supporting material for Level 6 to be awarded.
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Question 1(b)
To what extent was the slave trade a positive influence on Oyo and Dahomey in the period 1608–c.1800?
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Examiner commentaryThe opening paragraph does offer a limited view about the importance of the slave trade for both Oyo and Dahomey, but would benefit from greater development. The economy of Oyo is explained, but the comments about the importance of slavery at the end of the first paragraph are asserted and lack supporting detail, which limits how convincing the argument is. In dealing with Dahomey the response does consider both the negative and positive aspects but, as with Oyo, this is not thoroughly explained and the supporting detail is quite limited. However, the final paragraph does contain a supported judgement which is mostly based on the main body of the essay and therefore this is just enough to take the answer into Level 5. However, to go higher in the level the response would need much more supporting evidence and the assertions about Oyo would need to be backed up.
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