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WorksheetsRosa Parks
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 31mins
“People with power over others”
authority
boycott
discrimination
provoke
“brought together, no longer apart or segregated”
integrated
seperated
discriminated
segregated
“Money to be released from jail”
bail
boycott
arrested
conviction
“Treating people in a particular group unfairly”
discrimination
compassion
desperately
authority
“The act of separating or keeping apart because of race”
segretation
integration
discrimination
compassion
“Continuing in spite of challenges, unchanging”
persistent
provoke
authority
eavesdrop
“A woman who sews clothes”
seamstress
NAACP
boycott
protest
“A decision that someone is guilty of a criminal offense”
conviction
compassion
penalty
bail
“Listen secretly to”
eavesdrop
desperately
persistent
provoke
“To force a person or thing to act”
provoke
persistent
segregation
boycott
“An organization that has fought for the civil rights of men, women, and children since 1909”
NAACP
Montgomery Improvement Association
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
“A way to punish an organization by refusing to use its product or service”
boycott
discriminate
segregate
provoke
Ideas in the magazine profile of Rosa Parks are mostly organized by
the time order of events.
the author’s memory of events.
the reasons people consider her a hero.
the way she affected the Civil Rights Movement.
Why does the author give details about the bus laws in Montgomery?
To show why the actions of Parks were important
To add more details to the profile
To show how much the laws have changed
To add a connection to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which sentence gives information about the time order of events in
the profile?
That afternoon, the Montgomery Improvement Association was formed.
A black person was not even allowed to sit across the aisle from whites.
And she did not plan her fateful act: “I did not get on the bus to get arrested,” she has said.
This, anyway, was the story I had heard from the time I was curious enough to eavesdrop on adult conversations.
This profile is mostly about
the life of a famous political leader.
the childhood memories of the author.
a quiet woman who brought about change.
the ways bus laws in America have changed.
According to the profile, Parks became a hero when she
showed her respect to a police officer.
defended her rights as a human being.
received the support of Martin Luther King, Jr.
was the first black woman to drive a bus in the south.
What does the author seem to admire most about Parks?
Her quiet strength
Her courage in jail
Her love for her family
Her physical appearance
Pronouns take the place of _____________.
nouns
subject
object
verbs
The _____________of a sentence is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.
subject
object
noun
pronoun
The _____________ of a sentence is the person or thing that receives the action of the verb.
object
subject
noun
pronoun
Rosa Parks boarded the bus.
She
her
They
Them
Rosa Parks rode the bus every day.
it
them
they
him
Rosa parks inspires my friends and me
us
them
we
they
Susan B. Anthony wanted women to be able to vote.
them
her
she
they
Women did not have the same rights as men.
They
She
Her
Them
The government sent Nelson Mandela to jail.
him
he
they
them
Rosa Parks took a seat on a bus. _______ refused to give up her seat.
She
He
They
Her
The boycott changed the law. _______ changed America.
It
They
Them
He
I think Gandhi was a great man. _______ helped his countrymen and women overthrow British rule.
He
Him
They
Them
Nelson Mandela is one of my heroes. _______ fought against unjust laws and changed _________.
He/them
It/him
They/it
He/it
