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Maafa 2025

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word 'Maafa' mean?

a)

Big disaster

b)

Large problem

c)

Great catastrophe

d)

Small issue

2.

What was the word 'Maafa' used to describe?

a)

The history and effects of the transatlantic slave trade

b)

A long time ago in Africa

c)

A big disaster

3.

How many different countries make up Africa?

a)

25

b)

54

c)

6

d)

70

4.

In the second journey of the triangular slave trade, where were African people transported to?

a)

England

b)

The Caribbean and the Americas

c)

Spain

d)

Germany

5.

What was 'The Amistad'?

a)

A ship transporting slaves to America

b)

A country

c)

A slave

d)

A rebellion

6.

In what year did The Amistad rebellion take place?

a)

1800

b)

1839

c)

1744

d)

1807

7.

What does abolish mean?

a)

to put an end to (a system or practice of something)

b)

to start something

c)

to destroy something

8.

What were the people called who tried to stop slavery?

a)

Stoppers

b)

Petitioners

c)

Abolitionists

9.

Where were slaves often sold to?

a)

Shops

b)

Farms

c)

Plantations

d)

Schools

10.

What does emancipation mean?

a)

To be captured

b)

To be freed, from something such as slavery

c)

To be a slave

11.

When was the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed?

a)

1800

b)

1801

c)

1807

d)

1810

12.

Tick two boxes that show how slaves resisted their enslavement?

a)

Staying quiet

b)

Running away

c)

Day to day resistance

d)

Nothing

13.

What is a maroon community?

a)

A community of escaped slaves starting a new life

b)

A desert island

c)

Slaves who stayed on the plantation

14.

Why was the Race Relations Act 1965 introduced?

a)

To stop slavery

b)

To deal with racism and discrimination

c)

To help people learn about history

15.

Write down something that you have learnt during this topic? (What one thing do you remember the most from all of our lessons on slavery?)

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16.

Benin City was ruled by an ________ the most powerful man in the kingdom

a)

God

b)

oba

c)

Government

d)

Queen

17.

What does the purple line represent?

a)

Tropic of cancer

b)

Tropic of capricorn

c)

equator

d)

prime meridian

18.

What are meridians? Tick one.

a)

Lines of longitude that run from the North Pole to the South Pole.

b)

Lines of latitude that are parallel to the equator.

c)

Lines that divide the hemispheres.

19.

Mumbai is GMT+5. If it is 3am on Tuesday in Mumbai, what time is it in London?

a)

10pm on Monday

b)

11pm on Monday

c)

12am on Tuesday

d)

1am on Tuesday

20.

What are the coordinates of Quito, Ecuador?

a)

30°N, 10°E

b)

60°N, 10°E

c)

80°N,0°

d)

0°, 80°W

21.

Is this a small scale or large scale map?

a)

small scale

b)

large scale

22.

On a map with a scale of 1cm:50km, Edinburgh and Manchester are 7cm apart. What is the distance between Edinburgh and Manchester in real life?

a)

350 km

b)

300 km

c)

400 km

d)

250 km

23.

Tick the right definition for the term ‘natural resources’.

a)

Natural resources are made by people and provide everything we need to make life more comfortable, including cars, houses, reservoirs, leisure centres and airports.

b)

Natural resources come from the Earth and provide everything we need to survive, including air, water, food, wood, energy and soil.

24.

What are the primary colors according to color theory?

a)

Green, purple, orange

b)

Blue, red, yellow

c)

Red, green, blue

d)

Yellow, orange, purple

25.

Which colors are made by mixing equal amounts of primary colors?

a)

Tertiary colors

b)

Primary colors

c)

Secondary colors

d)

Complementary colors

26.

What is the focus of Impressionist paintings?

a)

Exact details

b)

Capturing a moment in time

c)

Non-naturalistic colors

d)

Realistic depictions

27.

What is the characteristic of Fauvist color palettes?

a)

Subtle tones and shades

b)

Complementary colors for brightness

c)

Naturalistic colors

d)

Monochromatic schemes

28.

Tick the image that shows the circulatory system.

a)

b)

A diagram of the respiratory system.

c)

A diagram depicting the nervous system.

d)

The diagram that shows the heart and blood vessels.

29.

Name the three parts of the circulatory system.

a)

Heart, blood, and blood vessels

b)

Lungs, heart, and brain

c)

Stomach, intestines, and liver

d)

Skin, muscles, and bones

30.

What is the function of the heart in the circulatory system?

a)

To pump blood throughout the body

b)

To filter waste from the blood

c)

To produce red blood cells

d)

To store oxygen

31.

What is the first step in the path blood takes through the heart?

a)

Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium from the body.

b)

It is pumped along the pulmonary artery to the lungs, where it absorbs oxygen.

c)

It travels through a valve to the left ventricle.

d)

Oxygenated blood from the lungs travels through the pulmonary vein and enters the left atrium.

e)

It travels through a valve to the right ventricle.

32.

How does the blood aid nutrition?

a)

By transporting nutrients to cells

b)

By producing nutrients

c)

By storing nutrients

d)

By converting nutrients into energy

33.

Arteries have thick walls because they carry blood under high pressure.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Veins have narrow lumens because they carry thinner blood.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Veins have valves to prevent blood from flowing backwards.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Capillaries have thick walls to stop nutrients and waste products from passing between the blood and the tissues.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

What is resting heart rate?

a)

The number of times your heart beats per minute while at rest

b)

The number of times your heart beats per minute during exercise

c)

The number of times your heart beats per minute while sleeping

d)

The number of times your heart beats per minute after eating

38.

What happens to heart rate during exercise?

a)

It decreases

b)

It remains the same

c)

It increases

d)

It stops

39.

Look at this scatter graph showing sprint times for 14-year-old girls with different resting heart rates. What does this correlation tell us about the relationship between sprint times and resting heart rates for 14-year-old girls?

a)

There is no correlation between sprint times and resting heart rates.

b)

As resting heart rates increase, sprint times decrease.

c)

As resting heart rates increase, sprint times increase.

d)

Sprint times and resting heart rates are unrelated.

40.

When you exercise, your body needs more oxygen and nutrients, so the heart beats more quickly/slowly to pump more blood around the body.

a)

quickly

b)

slowly

41.

Give one way that exercise can benefit the heart.

a)

Improves blood circulation

b)

Increases cholesterol levels

c)

Weakens heart muscles

d)

Decreases oxygen supply

42.

Give one advantage of reading the nutrition labels before you purchase a food product.

a)

Helps in making informed food choices

b)

Increases the cost of the product

c)

Makes the packaging more attractive

d)

Reduces the shelf life of the product

43.

What can we do to look after our mental health?

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44.

What are the signs that someone is struggling with their mental health?

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45.

Select the 4 components of the blood

a)

Platelets

b)

red blood cells

c)

marrow

d)

plasma

e)

white blood cells

46.

Upper chambers of the heart

a)

atriums

b)

ventricles

c)

valve

d)

septum

47.

Lower chambers of the heart

a)

atria

b)

ventricles

c)

valve

d)

septum

48.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
49.
Identify
a)
Pulmonary veins
b)
Pulmonary artery
c)
Aorta
d)
Vena cava
50.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
51.
Identify
a)
Left atrium
b)
Right atrium
c)
Left ventricle
d)
Right ventricle
52.
The heart has ___ chambers.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
53.

__________ Carry oxygen rich blood away from heart

a)

Arteries

b)

Veins

c)

Capillaries

54.
What do Red-Blood cells do?
a)
Carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells and  transport carbon dioxide from the cells back to the lungs
b)
keeps blood flowing in one direction to the heart and prevent blood from flowing backwards
c)
Collects  blood from the capillaries and drain it into the veins
d)
Bring nutriients to the cells and carries away waste materials.
55.

What is plasma?

a)

The liquid part of the blood that carries all of the other blood cells around the body

b)

The thing which makes blood red

c)

The substance that comes out of a storm troopers blaster

d)

The cells which take oxygen from the lungs

56.

What are white blood cells

a)

They are the same a red blood cells, but white

b)

They fight off disease and infection

c)

They carry food to your muscles

d)

they activate when you do exercise

57.

What are platelets?

a)

Very small plates used by woodland creatures and fairies

b)

The blood cells that form clots when you are cut to stop bleeding.

c)

They make your blood thinner when you are out of breath

d)

the take oxygen back to the heart