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Grade 6 History Term 4 Test + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 6 learner prepare for Term 4 History with this 40-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1 hour.

The test covers:

  • Indigenous healing in South Africa
  • Indigenous plants and their medicinal uses
  • Physical and spiritual approaches to healing
  • Traditional healers, including Sangomas and Nyangas
  • Rituals and communication with ancestors
  • Modern Western scientific medical discoveries
  • The discovery and importance of X-rays
  • Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine
  • Louis Pasteur and the germ theory of disease
  • Robert Koch and the discovery of TB bacteria
  • Anaesthetics and their importance in surgery
  • Christiaan Barnard and the first heart transplant
  • The impact of vaccinations and medical discoveries on society

The test includes multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, true or false, matching, short-answer questions and paragraph writing, giving learners opportunities to demonstrate both knowledge and deeper understanding of important medical developments.

Total: 40 marks | Duration: 1 hour | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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