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MLK Day 2021

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Dr. King's profession?

a)

Politician

b)

Actor

c)

Minister

2.

What is his most famous speech called?

a)

The Future Is Important

b)

I Have a Dream

c)

Equality For All

3.

What movement was he a part of?

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Segregation Movement

c)

Freedom Movement

4.

Where did he start his career as a minister?

a)

Alabama

b)

Georgia

c)

Mississippi

5.

What does boycott mean?

a)

To buy more of one product than another

b)

To act together

c)

To protest by not using or buying something

6.

What honor did Dr. King receive in 1964?

a)

A speech award

b)

The Nobel Peace Prize

c)

The President's Award

7.

What methods did Dr. King use to promote civil rights?

a)

Speeches

b)

Non-violent protests

c)

Both

8.

What was Dr. King fighting against?

a)

Bullying and freedom of religion

b)

Political rights

c)

Racism and inequality

9.

What happened to Dr. King in 1968?

a)

He was assassinated

b)

He became President

c)

He moved his family

10.

What does civil rights mean?

a)

The protection that people have against injury

b)

The rights or freedoms of an individual citizen

c)

The ability for people to have family

11.
Who's teaching inspired King's philosophy of nonviolence?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Mahatma Ghandi
d)
Aristotle
12.
Where was Dr. King born?
a)
Birmingham, Alabama
b)
Atlanta, Georgia
c)
Jackson, Mississippi
d)
Dayton, Ohio
13.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a __________ minister
a)
Lutheran
b)
Methodist
c)
Baptist 
d)
Pentecostal
14.
When is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrated?
a)
The first Monday in February
b)
The third Monday in January
c)
The second Monday in May
15.
When was MLK, Jr. born?
a)
January 18, 1930
b)
January 15, 1929
c)
February 20, 1945
d)
February 14, 2016
16.
Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was shot?
a)
Memphis, Tennessee
b)
Washington D.C.
c)
Nashville, Tennessee
d)
Atlanta, Georgia
17.
When King says he is here to "dramatize a shameful condition", he means that
a)
he is going to exaggerate the situation
b)
he is here to bring attention to the horrors of discrimination and inequality
c)
he will be using dramatic language to illustrate the issues of racism
d)
he is going to use a skit to present his message
18.
Where did MLK deliver his iconic "I have a dream" speech?
a)
Dallas
b)
Chicago
c)
Washington
d)
Atlanta
19.
Dr. King earned a Doctorate of _____ from Boston University.  
a)
Political Science
b)
English
c)
Theology
d)
Social Work
20.

What was the last speech that Dr. King delivered?

a)

"I Have a Dream"

b)

"Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech"

c)

"I have been to the Mountaintop"

d)

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"