PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD

Thomas Jefferson was an American president who made a huge difference to the lives of who?

Martin Luther King fought passionately, but without violence, to show what?

• The high price of food

• Speeding is dangerous

• Older people deserve respect

• Racial unfairness in America

Louis Pasteur was a scientist. He discovered a way to make something safer to drink. What was it?

Joan of Arc changed the history of France by leading armies into battle. How did she die?

• She was trampled by a horse

• She died in her sleep

• She drowned in a lake

• She was burnt at the stake

An Ancient Greek, Alexander, was such a fearsome commander that he was known as Alexander the what?

Albert Einstein was a great mathematician and thinker. What did his teachers think of him?

• That he was quite funny

• That he was slow to learn

• That he would go far

• That he was very polite

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a huge influence on music. How many pieces did he write?

• More than 600

• Less than 60

• Exactly 27

• More than 2000

Confucius was a wise Chinese philosopher. What is philosophy?

• Stamp collecting

• Thinking hard about things to understand them

• The study of people called Philip

• Writing long stories

Walt Disney is famous for creating an empire of film studios and theme parks. What was the very first full length Disney film?

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• Fantasia

• Dumbo

• Bambi

Rosa Parks campaigned for civil rights. What action made her famous?

• She only wore pink

• She never ate any vegetables

• She read every book in the library

• She refused to give up her seat on a bus