Ahmad Ibrahim 2024 4NA SS Prelim Suggested Answers

Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School Secondary 4 Normal Academic Social Studies PRELIM 2024 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section A – Source Based Case Study 1 Study Source A. What can you learn from this source about cocoa production in Ghana? Explain your answer. Type of Question: Inference I can learn from this source that cocoa production in Ghana is exploitative / harmful for Ghana. (A) Source A shows a young African child carrying a big bag of cocoa beans labelled ‘Nestle’, a multinational corporation, saying “I want to go to school. I don’t like chocolate” while a child from another country says “I want chocolate! I don’t like school!” . (E) This means that to meet the demand for chocolate from other nations, multinational corporations utilise child labour, causing children who want to study to be unable to get a proper education, making it difficult for them to get higher -skilled or bet ter- paying jobs in the future. (E) ● Answer the question ● Evidence ● Explanation 2 2 Study Source B. Why was this source produced? Explain your answer. Type of Question: Inference Purpose This source was produced because it wants to convince (P) the international community (A) that multinational corporations like Cargill were working for the good of Ghana . (M) so that the internation community feels reassured (F) that MNCs can be trusted and continue to support Cargill’s chocolate business. (A) This is because at that time, MNCs were facing criticism from Ghanaian farmers and advocacy groups that the price of cocoa was too low and that MNCs were depriving children from education (S) Source B states “Cargill’s $13 million investment to expand the cocoa processing site in Ghana will create many jobs, from labourers to university-educated positions” and that “we are committed to economic growth, building sustainable local businesses and diversifying sources of income”. (Evidence) This means that by multinational corporations like Cargill were helping the people in Ghana by increasing employment which would mean more income and types of jobs available. (Explanation). Must present answer as REASON (PAR). ● Powerful Verb ● Audience ● Message of source ● Feeling

2 ● Action (to be taken by audience) ● Situation ● Evidence ● Explanation 3 Study Source C. How useful is this source as evidence about multinational corporations in Ghana? Explain your answer. [7] Answers must be about multinational corporations in Ghana. Please remember that for USEFUL question, YOU MUST MENTION RELIABILITY IN YOUR ANSWER!!!!!! Useful based on cross -referencing Source C is useful because it is reliable (A) as evidence that multinational corporations in Ghana are not doing enough to help farmers as it is supported by Source E (LOR). Both Sources C and E suggests that