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15 total marks Celebrations around the World: Christmas and Easter Mini Test
1. Name at least two countries where Christmas is celebrated. 21 marksmark
2. True or False? Christmas is always celebrated on 25th December.
1 mark
3. In Ethiopia, many people play a game called gena. What is gena? 1 mark
4. In Denmark, when do people celebrate the Christmas feast?
1 mark
5. In Mexico, what are set up several weeks before Christmas Day?
1 mark
6. In India, what do Christians decorate at Christmas time? 1 mark
7. Who introduced Christmas and Easter to Japan? 1 mark
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History | Year 3 | Celebrations around the World | Christmas and Easter | Lesson 6 8. Name at least two countries where Easter is celebrated. 2 marks
9. In Spain, why do people draw ash crosses on their foreheads? 1 mark
10. In the USA, where is an Easter egg rolling event held every year? 1 mark
11. In what country would you find Easter eggs hung on trees? 1 mark
12. Share one similarity between how you and how other people from around the world celebrate Easter. 1 mark
13. In your opinion, what does the Easter egg represent?
1 mark
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History | Year 3 | Celebrations around the World | Christmas and Easter | Lesson 6 Celebrations around the World: Christmas and Easter Mini Test Answers
1 Australia, Ethiopia, France, Denmark, Mexico, India, Japan 2 marks
2 False 1 mark
3 Gena is a kind of hockey. According to Ethiopian legend, gena was the 1 mark game played by the shepherds the night Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
4 Midnight on Christmas Eve 1 mark
5 Huge markets 1 mark
6 Mango and banana trees 1 mark
7 Missionaries 1 mark
8 Australia, Spain, USA, Greece, Germany, Italy 2 marks
9 To say sorry to God for the bad things (sins) they have done. 1 mark
10 The White House, Washington DC 1 mark
11 Germany 1 mark
12 Various answers 1 mark
13 Various answers 1 mark
History | Year 3 | Celebrations around the World | Christmas and Easter | Lesson 6