SAE3701
EXAM PACK
2023
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
, SAE3701 exam prep 2021
2020 ASSIGNMENT 1 MCQ
Question 1
20 Multiple Choice Questions (Compulsory)
1. Before formal schools, indigenous education in precolonial societies
was intertwined with:
a) social life
b) state schools
c) a process which prepared people to live effectively in their environment
d) the middle -class, urban family
1. a and c
2. a and d
3. b and c
4. b and d
In this sense, indigenous education was closely intertwined with social life. It
embraced character building, the development of physical aptitudes and the
acquisition of moral qualities that are an integral part of adulthood.
2. Education in precolonial communities involved:
a) Oral history
b) Skills to adapt to the environment
c) The industrial sector
d) Morality
1. a, b and c
2. c and d
3. a, b and d
4. b, c and d
Education within local communities during the pre-colonial period involved the oral
histories of the group, tales of heroism and treachery, and practice in the skills
necessary for survival in a changing environment
3. The process of socialization in precolonial societies began within the context
of … .
a) the modern school
b) the family
c) university
d) the cultural context
1. a and c
2. b and c
3. d
4. b and d
,4 Colonisation in South Africa entails …
a) a large political body or country conquers and rules over territories which are
outside of its own country’s borders
b) the independence of colonised peoples
c) ideological control through, for example, schooling
d) a lack of opposition from colonised people
1. a and d
2. a and c
3. a and d
4. b and d
5. Mission schools were established in South Africa … .
a) before colonisation
b) after colonisation
c) only in rural areas
d) only in urban areas
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. c
6 The missionaries saw education as a way of achieving their aims by:
a) Establishing free and equal education for boys and girls
b) Criticising segregation
c) Converting people to Christianity
d) Establishing formal schools and curricula
1. a and d
2. c and d
3. a and b
4. b and d
7 A criticism of mission education was that it … .
a) taught gender specific subjects e.g. domestic skills for girls
b) did not teach practical skills such as carpentry
c) was often segregated along lines of colour
d) was too urban
1. a and c
2. b and d
3. a and b
4. c and d
8. Bantu Education was introduced by the Nationalist Party:
a) Before mission schools
b) After the Bantu Education Act closed down mission schools in 1953
c) To introduce unsegregated, equal education
d) In precolonial times
, 1. c and d
2. a, c and d
3. b
4. a and d
9. Bantu Education provided:
a) Mass, state schooling
b) A curriculum established by the state
c) Segregated schooling along the lines of colour
d) An equal system of schooling for all
1. a, b and d
2. b. c and d
3. a, b and c
4. b and d
10. One of the aims of Bantu Education was to … .
a) provide tertiary education for all students
b) abolish racist ideology
c) produce highly skilled workers
d) produce a semi-skilled labour force
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
11. The 1976 Student Revolt was triggered by:
a) The introduction of Afrikaans as a school subject
b) The expansion of school buildings in Soweto
c) The introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools
d) Urbanisation
1. a and b
2. a, b and c
3. c
4. a
12. The Black Conscious Movement emphasized:
a) The assertion of black cultural liberation
b) The psychological liberation from notions of inferiority
c) The ineffectiveness of resistance
d) The unity of Black, Indian and Coloured people
1. a, b, c and d
2. a, b and c
3. a, b and d
4. b, c and d
13. Moloi argues that the role of some teachers during the 1976 Revolt was:
EXAM PACK
2023
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
, SAE3701 exam prep 2021
2020 ASSIGNMENT 1 MCQ
Question 1
20 Multiple Choice Questions (Compulsory)
1. Before formal schools, indigenous education in precolonial societies
was intertwined with:
a) social life
b) state schools
c) a process which prepared people to live effectively in their environment
d) the middle -class, urban family
1. a and c
2. a and d
3. b and c
4. b and d
In this sense, indigenous education was closely intertwined with social life. It
embraced character building, the development of physical aptitudes and the
acquisition of moral qualities that are an integral part of adulthood.
2. Education in precolonial communities involved:
a) Oral history
b) Skills to adapt to the environment
c) The industrial sector
d) Morality
1. a, b and c
2. c and d
3. a, b and d
4. b, c and d
Education within local communities during the pre-colonial period involved the oral
histories of the group, tales of heroism and treachery, and practice in the skills
necessary for survival in a changing environment
3. The process of socialization in precolonial societies began within the context
of … .
a) the modern school
b) the family
c) university
d) the cultural context
1. a and c
2. b and c
3. d
4. b and d
,4 Colonisation in South Africa entails …
a) a large political body or country conquers and rules over territories which are
outside of its own country’s borders
b) the independence of colonised peoples
c) ideological control through, for example, schooling
d) a lack of opposition from colonised people
1. a and d
2. a and c
3. a and d
4. b and d
5. Mission schools were established in South Africa … .
a) before colonisation
b) after colonisation
c) only in rural areas
d) only in urban areas
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. c
6 The missionaries saw education as a way of achieving their aims by:
a) Establishing free and equal education for boys and girls
b) Criticising segregation
c) Converting people to Christianity
d) Establishing formal schools and curricula
1. a and d
2. c and d
3. a and b
4. b and d
7 A criticism of mission education was that it … .
a) taught gender specific subjects e.g. domestic skills for girls
b) did not teach practical skills such as carpentry
c) was often segregated along lines of colour
d) was too urban
1. a and c
2. b and d
3. a and b
4. c and d
8. Bantu Education was introduced by the Nationalist Party:
a) Before mission schools
b) After the Bantu Education Act closed down mission schools in 1953
c) To introduce unsegregated, equal education
d) In precolonial times
, 1. c and d
2. a, c and d
3. b
4. a and d
9. Bantu Education provided:
a) Mass, state schooling
b) A curriculum established by the state
c) Segregated schooling along the lines of colour
d) An equal system of schooling for all
1. a, b and d
2. b. c and d
3. a, b and c
4. b and d
10. One of the aims of Bantu Education was to … .
a) provide tertiary education for all students
b) abolish racist ideology
c) produce highly skilled workers
d) produce a semi-skilled labour force
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
11. The 1976 Student Revolt was triggered by:
a) The introduction of Afrikaans as a school subject
b) The expansion of school buildings in Soweto
c) The introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in schools
d) Urbanisation
1. a and b
2. a, b and c
3. c
4. a
12. The Black Conscious Movement emphasized:
a) The assertion of black cultural liberation
b) The psychological liberation from notions of inferiority
c) The ineffectiveness of resistance
d) The unity of Black, Indian and Coloured people
1. a, b, c and d
2. a, b and c
3. a, b and d
4. b, c and d
13. Moloi argues that the role of some teachers during the 1976 Revolt was:
