PB PAGEZ EXAMS END OF 1ST TERM EXAMINATION SUBJECT: HISTORY – BASIC FIVE (5) Name………………………………………………………………………….. Date…………………………………….. SECTION: A Choose the correct answer from the alternative A – D 1. The people who lived before us are known 8. ………………….was the largest town as………… which developed into what is known as a. Our country men Gold Coast. b. Our ancestors a. Kintampo c. Our country women b. Begho d. Our nation people c. Daboya 2. All the following are tools that the people d. Salaga who lived before us used except……….. 9. By 1650, the largest town covered an area a. Gun of about 40 square kilometres and had a b. Hand axes population of about…………..people at c. Stone picks that time. d. Spearheads a. 10,000 3. The people who lived before us main b. 20,000 means of travelling was by………….. c. 30,000 a. Cat d. 40,000 b. Train 10. Which year did the Portuguese arrive in c. Foot Gold Coast? d. Horse a. 1481 4. All the following are domestic animals b. 1471 except? c. 1491 a. Lion d. 1461 b. Cat 11. The towns LE and SE emerged in the c. Dog present day……….. d. Goat a. Cape Coast 5. In our modern , people are still b. doing hunting. c. Greater a. True d. Accra New Town b. False 12. By 1650, LE measured 1.6km by 1.1km 6. Our ancestors used to engage in craft work and SE also such as pottery which involve making measured…………..by………….. a. Chair a. 9km by 2 km b. Table b. 9km by 3km c. Book c. 9km by 4km d. Pot d. 9km by 5km 7. In the olden days, communication was 13. Kumasi was founded by……………. done through the use of………….. a. Nana Osei Tutu and Okomfo Anokye a. Phone b. Nana Osei Opoku and Okomfo b. Car Anokye c. Messengers c. Nana Osei Frimpong and Okomfo d. Ship Anokye d. Nana Osei Amoako and Okomfo c. Mr Oswald Boateng Anokye d. Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng 14. This town was described as the “San 21. He graduated from the University of Francisco” of West Africa. Ghana Medical School in 1975 with a. Accra MB.ChB degrees and qualified as a b. Kumasi General Surgeon cardiothoriac and c. Cape Coast vascular surgeon. d. Ho a. Mr. Kofi Annan 15. Which town was known as “La Mina’ by b. Dr. R.E.G. Armattoe the Portuguese? c. Mr. Oswald Boateng a. Cape Coast d. Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng b. Accra 22. Agriculturalist and the person directly c. Elmina responsible to the introduction of cocoa d. Kibi crops in Ghana. Who is he? 16. The first European settlement in West a. Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey Africa is………….. b. Tetteh Quarshie a. Akropong c. Kofi Annan b. Cape Coast d. Oswald Boateng c. Accra 23. Osibisa is an Afro beat band, founded in d. Elmina London in……………by four Africans 17. The Portuguese built a castle in the year and three Caribbean musicians. 1482 A.D. What was the name of this a. 1949 castle? b. 1959 a. Cape Coast Castle c. 1969 b. Osu Castle d. 1979 c. Kumasi Castle 24. He is the “Poultry King” born October 23, d. Elmina Castle 1942 at Bekwai in the Bekwai 18. This person researched into the use of Municipality at of Ghana, abochi drug against human parasites led to specialized in poultry science in the late his nomination for the Nobel Prize in 1950s and early sixties. physiology or Medicine in 1948. a. Dr. James Kwegyir Aggrey a. Kofi Annan b. Dr. R.E.G. Armattoe b. Mr. Oswald Boateng c. Dr. Kwabena Darko c. Prof. Akua Kuenyeho d. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah d. Dr. R.E. Armattoe 25. The Ghana national flag was designed 19. This person was born on April 8, 1938 in by………….. Kumasi, Gold Coast. He was raised in a a. Prof. Joseph Hanso Kwabena Nketia very high class societal family with b. Mr. Nii Amon Kotei notable men and women. In his teens, he c. Madam Efua Theodora Sutherland attended an elite Methodist boarding d. Madam Theodosia Salome Okoh school called Mfantsipem. 26. He won the African clubs cup with Kwasi a. Mr. Kofi Annan Asante Kotoko Football club in 1970. He b. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is considered one of the finest goalkeepers c. Prof. John Evans Atta Mills Ghana has had in the history of football. d. Flt. Lt. J.J. Rawlings a. Samuel Opoku Nti 20. He was the first tailor to have had a b. Robert Mensah catwalk presentation on the runway of the c. Samuel Kuffour Paris Fashion Week supervised by a d. Abedi Ayew Pele veteran fasion designer; Tommy Nutter. 27. The greatest football player in the history a. Mr Kofi Annan. of Ghana without the slightest doubt. He b. Dr. R.E.G Armattoe won the title of best player in Africa in Champions League, the first international 1991, 1992 and 1993. title obtained by the club in Ghana. a. Samuel Opoku Nti a. Karim Abdul-Razzak Tanko b. Robert Mensah b. Abedi Ayew Pele c. Samuel Kuffour c. Alhaji Ibrahim Sunday d. Abedi Ayew Pele d. Prof. Azumah Nelson 28. He was nicknamed ‘Lord ” in honour 30. A Ghanaian professional boxer who fought of the Brazilian footballer and 1983 FIFA 47 times; recording 39 wins, contributed player of the year. immensely to the development of boxing a. Samuel Opoku Nti in Ghana and the world as a whole. b. Robert Mensah a. Karim Abdul-Razzak Tanko c. Samuel Kuffour b. Abedi Ayew Pele d. Abedi Ayew Pele c. Alhaji Ibrahim Sunday 29. He led the Asante Kotoko football club in d. Prof. Azumah Nelson 1970 to win the African Cup of

SECTION: B 1. a. Three ways in which the life of our ancestors differ from the life we live today. b. Two tools that were used by our ancestors.

2.a. Name three crops cultivated by our forefathers. b. List two craft work our forefathers engaged in.

3.a. List thee ancient towns in Ghana. b. State the regions where these towns in 3(a) can be located in Ghana.

4. Mention five Ghanaians that have contributed to the development of Ghana both locally and internationally. 5. Draw and colour the Ghana’s Coat of Arms.

PB PAGEZ EXAMS END OF 1ST TERM EXAMINATION SUBJECT: OUR WORLD OUR PEOPLE– BASIC FIVE (5) Name………………………………………………………………………….. Date…………………………………….. SECTION: A Answer All Questions from this section 1. Which of the following ability helps us to 9. A group of people with similar interest, make comparison between two things? age or sex is a peer group………...……... a. Care b. Reason 10. Good peer groups help to develop positive c. Work attitudes and values……………………… d. Speak 11. What is the name given to the monthly 2. ………………..is the process of taking flow of blood in females? care of another person’s property. a. Menopause a. Stewardship b. Menstruation b. Care taker c. Ovulation c. Steward d. Menstruation d. Creation 12. Which of the following is true about girls 3. The period in a person’s life when he or in puberty? she develops from a child to an adult is a. Grow chest hairs called……………… b. Grow slimmer hips a. Adulthood c. Grow breast b. Childhood d. Grow slowly c. Adolescence 13. Beliefs and stories that are untrue but d. Adolescent accepted as true are 4. The name given to hairs on our sex organs called…………………… and armpits is known as………………. a. Gender a. Armpit and sex hairs b. Sex b. Pubic hairs c. Stereotype c. Public hairs d. Trokosi system d. Adolescence hairs 14. Which of the sexes is considered as the State whether each of the following statements breadwinner? is TRUE or FALSE a. Woman b. Man 5. An adolescent is normally between the c. Female ages of 10 to 19 years ………………… d. male 6. Menstruation can occur in pregnant 15. All the following can help eliminate discrimination against women women……………………………………. except………….. 7. The full meaning of WHO is World Health a. Forced marriage b. Education Organization……………………………. c. Enforcement of law 8. Women are stronger than men during d. Providing enough employment adolescent stage…………………………. opportunities 16. A fully grown man who is legally c. Peer group responsible for his or her actions is d. Gang a/an……………… 24. Which of the following is not a skill for a. Lawyer managing peer pressure? b. Child a. Staying focus c. Parent b. Self-confidence d. Adult c. Being sincere to your values 17. Which of the following group of people d. Review of decision can ovulate? 25. Which of the following is not a a. Girls below 5 years misconception about females? b. Girls at 9 years and above a. Females are brave c. Girls from 9 years to 45 years b. They are emotional d. Adolescent boys c. They are to help at home 18. Which of the following differentiate d. They are week human beings from animals? 26. ………………is a person who takes care a. Ability to walk of another person’s property. b. Ability to eat a. Watchman c. Ability to think b. Steward d. Ability to run c. Owner 19. What is the last creation of God? d. Security a. Animals 27. All the following are changes that occur b. Plants during adolescence except……………. c. Water bodies a. Physical changes d. Humankind b. Emotional changes 20. …………….means God has the greatest c. Growth changes power and authority over everything. d. Psychological changes a. Omnipresent 28. A set of roles played by males or females b. Omnipotent in the society is termed as……………. c. Omniscient a. Sex d. Ototrobonsu b. Errands 21. Pick the odd one out. c. Gender a. Prostitution d. Duty b. Honesty 29. Which of the following statements is not a c. Stealing use of traffic light? d. Smoking a. Traffic lights guide both drivers and 22. All the following are bad effects of joining pedestrians bad peer groups except………… b. They warn road users a. Contraction of STI’s c. They promote road accidents b. Teenage pregnancy d. They regulate the flow of traffic c. Death 30. While our strength shows our ability to do d. Chastity certain things easily, our…………….is the 23. A group of people with the same or similar difficulty we have in doing certain things. ages, sexes, interest or habits is known a. Dislikes as…………. b. Behavior a. Pressure group c. Emotional b. Peer pressure d. Weakness