Grade 7 History Term 1 Test 1 + Memo
About this resource
Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for Term 1 History with this comprehensive 50-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1 hour and includes a balanced combination of lower-, middle- and higher-order questions.
The test covers:
- Trade across the Sahara Desert
- The Kingdom of Mali
- The gold and salt trade
- Trans-Saharan trade routes
- How trade contributed to Mali’s wealth
- The importance and uses of salt
- Mansa Musa
- Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca
- The Hajj and Zakat
- Griots and their role in preserving history
- The fall of the Ghana Empire and rise of Mali
- The city of Timbuktu
- Timbuktu as a centre of trade and learning
- Islam in the Kingdom of Mali
- Islamic education and scholarship
- The influence of Islam on trade and culture
- Scholars and subjects studied in Timbuktu
- Key historical concepts and vocabulary
- Interpreting historical written sources
- Map and picture analysis
The test includes true or false, column matching, fill-in-the-blanks, source-based questions, map interpretation, picture analysis, short-answer questions and paragraph writing. Learners are required to recall historical facts, explain key concepts, interpret sources and visuals, and use historical evidence in a structured paragraph.
Total: 50 marks | Duration: 1 hour | Full memorandum included | PDF format.
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