Social Studies Questions and Answers - Grade 7 Mid Term 2 Exams 2023 Set 3

QUESTIONS

1. Social studies is the study of, ................................................ origin and their interrelations, environment, systems of government and economic activities. (1 mark)
2. History, Citizenship and Geography are the branches of (1 mark)
3. Social Studies helps learners to live ....................................and.............................................the environment. (2 marks)
4. What does Social Studies teach us about our rights? (1 mark)
5. Study the picture below and answer the questions that follow. (2 marks)
   
   
   1. What is the career of the person offering legal services to the lady as shown?
   2. What kind of business did he open to practise law?
6. Study what Waridi is doing in the picture shown below. (1 mark) 
   
   Which career is Waridi practising?
7. Mention one career that is related to each of the following branches of Social Studies. (3 marks)
   1. History
   2. Citizenship Education
   3. Geography
8. One of the entrepreneurial opportunities related to Social Studies in society is farming. Mention three farming activities that can be practised to earn income. (2 marks)
9. Males and females should........................................each other regardless of their career and entrepreneurial choices. (1 mark)
10. Kenya is found in which continent? (1 mark)
11. The second largest continent from Asia is called. (1 mark)
12. Atlantic Ocean lies to the.........................................of Africa. (1 mark)
13. African has an irregular shape. (True or False) (1 mark)
14. Name one country in the Central Africa. (1 mark)
15. Describe the location of Algeria using latitudes and longitudes on the map below. (2 marks)
    
16. The time at Accra in Ghana (0°) is 10.00 a.m.
    1. Calculate the number of hours one will take to travel from Accra to Juba (30°). (1 Mrk)
    2. What is the time at Juba, South Sudan? (1 mrk)
17. Sadio Mane comes from Senegal. He has travelled to Rwanda to play a football game. He wants to find o the time in Dakar for him to book a fi ht back home. Help him clculate the tire in Dakar 1° of the Prime Meridian when the time in Kigali 43° E is 4.00 p.m. (3 marks)

Study the diagram below and then answer questions 18 and 19

18. Is the diagram shown below a picture, plan or a map? (1 mark)
19. Give reason for your answer. (1 mark)
20. My mother wants to carry out a land survey in Bustani Estate. Which type of map does she need? (1 mark).
21. The organisation in the space made up of the sun, the planets and other heavenly bodies revolving around the sun is referred to as (1 mark)
22. Mention two theories that explain the origin of the earth. (2 marks)
23. Amina wrote the following statements to describe the Nebula theory. Indicate true or false. (5 marks)
    

    Statement	True	False
    a) A star with a strong gravitational force passed close to the sun.
    b) The star attracted large amounts of gaseous materials of very hot gases from the sun.
    c) The gaseous materials cooled and condensed to form planets.
    d) The other remaining formed the heavenly bodies.
    e) The force of the star set the planets into motion around the sun.

24. The diagram below is a solar system. Name the planets in the spaces provided from the sun (4 marks)
    
25. Explain the shape of earth. (1 mark)
26. The...........................................of the earth causes differences in time between places. For example, when it is 3.00 p.m. at Kigali, it is 4.00 p.m. in Nairobi. (1 mark) 
27. Name the parts of the internal structure shown below on the spaces provided. (3 marks)
    
28. Name two elements of weather in the environment. (1 mark)
29. Timotheo analysed and interpreted data on weather conditions in the environment as shown on the chart below.
    
    
    1. On which day was the weather windy in the afternoon? (1mark)
    2. Which day was favourable for washing clothes? (1 mark)
30. Teacher Maggie guided learners to place the thermometer under a shade and keep it standing over a grassy surface when measuring temperature of the environment. Give reason why it is not advisable to expose your thermometer to direct sunlight? (1 mark)

MARKING SCHEME

1. Human
2. Social Studies
3. (harmoniously, conserve)
4. We become aware of our rights. To protect our rights and those of others.
5.                 
   1. law
   2. law firm
6. Meteorology
7.                    
   1. Curator, Teacher of History
   2. political scientist, lawyer, Librarlan
   3. Game ranger, cartographer,
8.                  
   1. Dairy farming
   2. Crop farming
9. respect
10. Africa.
11. Africa.
12. West
13. True
14. Gabo, Cameroon, Angola, Chad, Congo 
15. Latitudes 36° N, 19° N Longitudes 9°W, 120 E
16.                      
    1. 2 hours
    2. 12.00 p.m.
17. 1.12 p.m. is the time at Dakar in Senegal. 
18.                      
    1. picture
19. It resembles an actual classroom. 
20. Topographical map
21. solar system
22. The Passing Star theory, The Nebula theory
23. All true
24. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
25. The earth is spherical in shape. It is flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator.
26. rotation
27. The crust-it is the outermost layer of the earth..
    1. The mantle- It is the layer between the core and the outermost layer.
    2. The core- it is the innermost layer.
28. Temperature, wind, rainfall, sunshine, cloud cover, humidity
29.                                    
    1. Sunday
    2. Wednesday
30. Exposing thermometer to direct sunlight results to a temperature that is higher than what it should be.