Grade 7 History Term 1 Test 2 + 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 purpose of trans-Saharan trade
- Camels and caravans
- Gold and salt trade
- Why salt was valuable
- Trans-Saharan trade routes
- The Kingdom of Mali
- Mansa Musa and his importance
- Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca
- Mali’s economy and wealth
- The Niger River and its importance
- The meaning and characteristics of an empire
- Agriculture and trade during Mansa Musa’s rule
- The city of Timbuktu
- Timbuktu as a centre of trade and learning
- Libraries, manuscripts, mosques and scholars
- Challenges of travelling through the Sahara Desert
- Timbuktu as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Trade routes and the geography of the Mali Empire
- How Mali’s location contributed to its wealth
- Movement of goods and ideas through trade
The test includes multiple choice, column matching, fill-in-the-blanks, short-answer questions, a detailed case study and source-based map questions. The trade-route map requires learners to interpret the Trans-Saharan and Niger River trade routes, identify cities, explain the importance of Timbuktu’s location and apply their knowledge to the movement of goods between North and West Africa.
Total: 50 marks | Duration: 1 hour | Full memorandum included | PDF format.
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