Social Studies JCE past exams
1. What strategies does the government of Botswana adopt to maintain peace and
security?
Use the information below to answer questions that follow
Checks and Balances
The Constitution divided the Government into three branches:
legislative, executive, and judicial. That was an important decision because it gave
specific powers to each branch and set up something called checks and balances.
Just like the phrase sounds, the point of checks and balances was to make sure no
one branch would be able to control too much power, and it created a separation of
powers. Here are some examples of how the different branches work together:
2. Give examples of how different branches of government work together
3. What would happen if the government gets too powerful in one of the branches
4. Outline three checks and balances as depicted in the constitution of Botswana
5. State the benefits of being a democratic state
,Use the map below to answer questions that follow
X
,6. Calculate the distance between Pandamatenga and Molepolole
7. Identify three physical features from the map
8. Name the physical feature marked X
9. In which district is Kalahari Desert found?
10. Botswana government is democratic while that of Lesotho is monarchy. State
three differences between the two types of government
11. How does agriculture contribute to the economy of Botswana?
12. What are contour lines?
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, 13. The picture below shows a veld fire. Explain how veld fires affect the
environment
b) Explain ways to control veld fires
14. State three attributes of a map
Read the passage below and answer questions that follow
The Berlin Conference of 188431885 marked the climax of the European
competition for territory in Africa, a process commonly known as the Scramble for
Africa. During the 1870s and early 1880s European nations such as Great Britain,
France, and Germany began looking to Africa for natural resources for their
1. What strategies does the government of Botswana adopt to maintain peace and
security?
Use the information below to answer questions that follow
Checks and Balances
The Constitution divided the Government into three branches:
legislative, executive, and judicial. That was an important decision because it gave
specific powers to each branch and set up something called checks and balances.
Just like the phrase sounds, the point of checks and balances was to make sure no
one branch would be able to control too much power, and it created a separation of
powers. Here are some examples of how the different branches work together:
2. Give examples of how different branches of government work together
3. What would happen if the government gets too powerful in one of the branches
4. Outline three checks and balances as depicted in the constitution of Botswana
5. State the benefits of being a democratic state
,Use the map below to answer questions that follow
X
,6. Calculate the distance between Pandamatenga and Molepolole
7. Identify three physical features from the map
8. Name the physical feature marked X
9. In which district is Kalahari Desert found?
10. Botswana government is democratic while that of Lesotho is monarchy. State
three differences between the two types of government
11. How does agriculture contribute to the economy of Botswana?
12. What are contour lines?
Downloaded by Answerdone ()
, 13. The picture below shows a veld fire. Explain how veld fires affect the
environment
b) Explain ways to control veld fires
14. State three attributes of a map
Read the passage below and answer questions that follow
The Berlin Conference of 188431885 marked the climax of the European
competition for territory in Africa, a process commonly known as the Scramble for
Africa. During the 1870s and early 1880s European nations such as Great Britain,
France, and Germany began looking to Africa for natural resources for their
