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Grade 6 History November Test + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 6 learner prepare for the November assessments with this comprehensive 50-mark History practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1 hour.

The test covers:

  • Democracy and citizenship in South Africa
  • South Africa’s democracy and the 1994 elections
  • The Constitution and Bill of Rights
  • Voting, citizens’ rights and responsibilities
  • The three branches of government
  • Nelson Mandela, apartheid and the ANC
  • The Children’s Charter and children’s rights
  • South African national symbols – the Coat of Arms and national flag
  • Traditional medicine in South Africa
  • Sangomas and Inyangas
  • Plants, herbs, rituals and traditional healing
  • The introduction of Western medicine
  • Hospitals, surgery and pharmaceutical medicines
  • Smallpox and tuberculosis
  • Vaccines and public-health campaigns
  • Antibiotics such as penicillin
  • The HIV/AIDS epidemic
  • Antiretroviral treatment (ART)
  • The relationship between modern medicine and traditional healing

The test includes fill-in-the-blanks, true or false, column matching, source-based questions, visual interpretation, short-answer questions, a case study and a long-response paragraph, providing a thorough revision of key Grade 6 History concepts.

Total: 50 marks | Duration: 1 hour | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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