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Grade 6 History Term 3 & 4

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All people have the right to choose who their leaders should be:

a)

Democracy

b)

Apartheid

2.

Before 1994 South Africa was ruled by the:

a)

National Party (NP)

b)

African National Congress (ANC)

c)

Democratic Alliance (DA)

d)

Congress of the people (COPE)

3.

Who won the South African Elections in 1994?

a)

National Party (NP)

b)

African National Congress (ANC)

c)

Democratic Alliance (DA)

d)

Congress of the people (COPE)

4.

Who was the leader of the ANC in 1994?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Thabo Mbeki

c)

Jacob Zuma

d)

Cyril Ramaphosa

5.

Which party currently rules over South Africa?

a)

National Party (NP)

b)

African National Congress (ANC)

c)

Democratic Alliance (DA)

d)

Congress of the people (COPE)

6.

Only some people have the right to choose who their leaders should be:

a)

Democracy

b)

Apartheid

7.

Everyone has equal rights:

a)

Democracy

b)

Apartheid

8.

The party with the most (__________) will form the largest part of government.

a)

members

b)

votes

c)

money

d)

leaders

9.

At what age are people allowed to vote?

a)

16

b)

18

c)

21

d)

25

10.

People choose their leaders by ( (a)   ) for them.

11.

How did the government try to stop people from fighting against apartheid?

a)

Torture

b)

Prison

c)

Exile (forced to leave the country)

d)

All of the above.

12.

Some people have more rights than others:

a)

Democracy

b)

Apartheid

13.

What was the name of the first democratically elected president in South Africa?

a)

F.W. de Clerk

b)

Jan van Riebeeck

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

J.B.M. Hertzog

14.

The executive branch of Government is made up of....

a)

Parliament

b)

President, deputy President and cabinet

c)

The courts of the justice system

d)

The people of SA

15.

The Constitutional Court is made up of

a)

4 Judges

b)

9 Judges

c)

11 Judges

d)

15 Judges

16.

Which is NOT a characteristic of a democracy?

a)

Only the wealthy can vote.

b)

free elections

c)

limits on lawmakers

d)

citizens rule

17.

How many colours do you find on the South African flag?

a)

7

b)

6

c)

5

d)

9

18.

The national flower, the King Protea, grows in which province?

a)

Gauteng

b)

Western Cape

c)

Free State

d)

KwaZulu Natal

19.

How many provinces are there in South Africa?

a)

7

b)

9

c)

11

d)

13

20.
Louis Pasteur’s discoveries and dedication to science have .... millions of lives.
a)
found
b)
started
c)
captured
d)
saved
21.
He discovered bacteria were the reason why milk ....
a)
improved
b)
evaporated
c)
spoiled
d)
disappeared
22.
He invented a process called pasteurisation which .... bacteria.
a)
saved
b)
killed
c)
created
d)
raised
23.
.... food means food that can spoil and go rotten.
a)
Perishable
b)
Persistent
c)
Dying
d)
Disgusting
24.

When did Louis Pasteur publish his germ theory?

a)

1841

b)

1851

c)

1861

d)

1871

25.

True or false? Pasteur couldn’t identify which specific bacteria caused individual diseases.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which other individual helped prove Pasteur's germ theory?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Robert Koch

c)

John Snow

d)

Edwin Chadwick

27.

What were two other names for tuberculosis during the 19th century?

a)

Sniffles

b)

The Deadly Cough

c)

Consumption

d)

Sneeze & Die

e)

The White Death

28.

What was considered healthy to do in public in the 19th century, that will be considered inappropriate today?

a)

laughing

b)

eating

c)

littering

d)

spitting

e)

running

29.

Which organ/organs in the human body is/are mostly affected by tuberculosis.

a)

lungs

b)

kidneys

c)

brain

d)

liver

e)

heart

30.

What nationality was Robert Koch?

a)

French

b)

Dutch

c)

American

d)

Italian

e)

German

31.

Is the following statement true or false?


Robert Koch's medicine, Tuberculin, successfully cured Tuberculosis.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

What did Robert Koch reveal the ingredients of Tuberculin to be?

a)

Anthrax bacteria in glycerin extract

b)

Active tuberculosis microbes in glycerin extract

c)

Tuberculosis bacteria only

d)

Dead tuberculosis microbes in glycerin extract

e)

Dead cholera microbes in glycerin extract

33.

Edward Jenner cured ......

a)

Cowpox

b)

Smallpox

34.

What does the word 'vacca' mean?

a)

cow

b)

pig

c)

sheep

d)

duck

35.

Smallpox is now extinct. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

36.

True or false. Edward Jenner's discovery helped get rid of lots of different illnesses?

a)

True

b)

False

37.
He belived that having cowpox gave people ___________ from smallpox
a)
Immunity
b)
Vaccinaton
c)
Innoculation
d)
Innocence
38.

Who did Edward Jenner test out his first vaccination on?

a)

A 9 year old boy

b)

Milk Maids

c)

His wife

d)

Other doctors

39.

What did Edward Jenner use for his vaccination?

a)

pus from cows

b)

pus from cowpox sores

c)

scabs from cowpox

d)

pus from milkmaids sores

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