CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR NATIONAL HEROES

Indicate Jamaica's first National Hero.

• Alexander Bustamante

• Paul Bogle

• Marcus Garvey

• Samuel Sharpe

Write the name of Jamaica's national heroine.

(a)  

Which hero had no reason to find fault with the system of slavery but believed that whites had no right to hold Black people in slavery.

• Sam Sharpe

• Paul Bogle

• Alexander Bustamante

• Nanny of the Maroons

Which hero's intelligence and leadership instigated collective action resulting in the abolition of slaver in 1833, and full freedom 6 years later.

• Paul Bogle

• Norman Manley

• Alexander Bustamante

• Samuel Sharpe

Advocated and organized for ex-slaves, securing land and the free village to secure their economic sustainability and independence.

• Norman Washington Manley

• Paul Bogle

• George William Gordon

• Sam Sharpe

Identify the hero that formed, organized and lead the negotiation to secure Jamaica's independence from Great Britain.

• Norman W. Manley

• Alexander Bustamante

• Sam Sharpe

• George W. Gordon

Fierce exceptional military leader who seized victory from the British in 1720-1739, inspiring us, even today, to overcome challenges, maintain our freedom and independence.

• Sam Sharpe

• George W. Gordon

• Paul Bogle

• Nanny of the Maroons

Each Hero or Heroine is assign a number.

Indicate the correct order in which each hero or heroine served. One (1) being earliest years and seven (7) being the most recent (20th century).

1-George W. Gordon 2 -Marcus Garvey 3-Alexander Bustamante 4 -Nanny of the Maroons 5 -Sam Sharpe

• 2, 3, 5, 4, 1

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

• 4, 3, 5, 2, 1

• 4, 5, 1, 2, 3

Supported the cause of workers and became the first premier of Jamaica after the 1955 elections.

• Alexander Bustamante

• George W. Gordon

• Paul Bogle

• Norman Manley

What year was the Order of National Hero passed by parliament?

• 1969
• 1968
• 1982
• 1970