Historical Figures Flashcards

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Mohammad Ali Jinnah

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He was a lawyer and politician who played a big part in creating Pakistan and became its first leader.

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Kemal Ataturk

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He was a military officer who founded the country of Turkey and was its first president. He helped modernize Turkey and make it a secular (non-religious) state.

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Otto Von Bismarck

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He was a very important statesman in Germany who helped unite many smaller German states into one powerful country in the 1800s.

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Osama Bin Laden

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He was the founder of a terrorist group called al-Qaeda and was responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

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Simon Bolivar

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He was a military and political leader who helped several South American countries, like Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, gain their independence from Spain.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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A famous French military general and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 1800s.

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Leonid Brezhnev

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He was the leader of the Soviet Union for many years during the Cold War, from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s.

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Neville Chamberlain

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He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom before World War II. He tried to avoid war with Germany by making agreements with Adolf Hitler, which ultimately failed.

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Winston Churchill

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He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during most of World War II, known for his strong leadership and speeches.

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Georges Clemenceau

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He was the Prime Minister of France during World War I and played a key role in the peace treaty discussions after the war.