Term 3 Assessment

Year Five
History
Duration : 1 hour 30 Mins

No. of pages : 10

MM: 60
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Read and answer questions from all the sections.

Look at the pictures below. For each, name the tools and
write a short description about what it was used for. [ 9
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Fill in the answers. ( 18 marks)

presses

printer

Sun

Earth

Christoph
er
Columbus
Herbal

first

blood

leeches

liver
disease

experime
nt

observati
on

Scientist
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cupping
glass

Anatomists

Vesalius

Michelang
elo

bleeding

1. The Church said that the __________ and the stars go round the
______________.
2. The printing machines called as _________________.
3. _____________________ like Vesalius defied the church and cut
up the dead bodies to study the organs.
4. ____________________proved that the Earth goes round the Sun.
5. __________________________________ sailed from Spain in 1492.
He was one of the ______________ explorers to reach America.
6. Doctors and barbers let out blood by cutting the patient and
placing blood sucking ________________ on the body or
scratching the skin and using a heated
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7. In Henry VIIIs time people thought many illness were caused
by having too much _____________.
8. Old hand-written books about medicine described treatment
such as _______________, and idea that went back over 1000
years.
9. _______________________ remedies were very popular.

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To cure a ________________ they might choose a plant

with liver-shaped leaves.

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People were learning not to trust automatically, but to
find things out by ____________________________ and
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12.
_______________________________ and other anatomists
dissected dead bodies.
13.
______________________________, an Italian artist,
dissected bodies to find out about bones and muscles.

1. Sometimes treated with tea

made from holly leaves.
2. Sometimes treated with
periwinkle or its juice. Bad
Match each description with

wounds were sometimes kept

open with small linen plugs so

the correct answers.

that bloody pus could drain out.

3. These attacks of shivering were

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treated with feverfew. The name

of the plant means Fever Cure.
Injuries
4. Sometimes covered with
poultices, (pastes made from
leaves and clay). Mouldy bread
was sometimes used in poultices.
5. These plants were used to treat
many illnesses. They can still be
seen growing wild or in gardens.

Smallpox
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Fever

Calendula or
marigold

Ulcers

Choose the best description between the German and

French visitors about Elizabeth I.
Her face oblong.

( 9 marks)

Her face was fair but

wrinkled.

Her eyes are small

yet black and
pleasant.
Her lips narrow and her teeth black.

She wore false red

hair.
Her nose a little
She wore a great red
hooked.
wig.
It is long, thin and her teeth are yellow and
unequal.

German visitor described

Elizabeth 1 in 1598:

Her face appears to

be very aged.

French visitor described

Elizabeth 1 in 1597:

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Read the passage and write the appropriate answers
based from the
passage.[ 9 marks]
In Elizabeths reign, the English began to compete with the
Spanish and Portuguese in exploring the world and founding
colonies. One colony, Ireland was very near England, but
English sailors also made voyages to North, Central and South
America founding more colonies there. Sir Francis Drake and
his cousins John and William Hawkins went on trading
voyages. They left England with clothing and other goods to
sell on the west coast Africa. There they filled their ships with
men and women to sell as slaves in the Caribbean, where
Spanish settlers needed people to work in their sugar and
cotton plantations.

1. With who did the English went to compete in exploring the

world and founding the colonies during the Elizabeths
reign? ( 2 marks)
____________________________ and
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2. _________________________________ and his cousins
____________________ and ________________________________
went on trading voyages. ( 3 marks)
3. Why did Sir Francis Drake left England with clothing and
other goods? ( 1 mark)
They left England because
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4. What did they do with the men and women at West coast
Africa?
(1 mark)
They
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5. Spanish settlers needed people to work in their
______________________ and __________________________
plantations. ( 2 marks)

Describe the picture .[ 4 marks]

During Queen Elizabeths reign another English explorer, Walter
Raleigh, made expeditions to North and South America. What
became important after his return home?.
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Sir Francis Drake was a Protestant and he often held
religious services on his ship. Write about him. ( 5 marks)
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