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Aspire Hub - World leaders

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat

a)

Montgomery, Alabama

b)

Houston, Texas

c)

Nashville, Tennessee

d)

New Orleans, Louisiana

2.

True or False: Harriet Tubman served as a spy during the Civil War

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Who was the first black American baseball player?

a)

Sam Jethrowe

b)

Monte Irvin

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Moses Fleetwood Walker

4.

Who was the first Chinese-American female film star

a)

Marilyn Monroe

b)

Anna May Wong

c)

Elizabeth Taylor

d)

Audrey Hepburn

5.

Who was Kalpana Chawla? (two possible answers!)

a)

Indian American astronaut

b)

Indian American zoologist

c)

Indian American marine biologist

d)

Indian American aerospace engineer

6.

Which famous monarch led Britain to victory against the Spanish navy?

a)

George Washingotn

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Julius Caesar

7.

Who invented the light bulb filament?

a)

Lewis Latimer

b)

Thomas Edison

8.

Whose writings and activism inspired the Filipino Revolution against the Spanish?

a)

Hernan Cortez

b)

Jose Rizal

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Thomas Jefferson

9.

How old was Joan of Arc when she led France to victory in Orleans?

a)

~ 16

b)

~23

c)

~47

d)

~ 31

10.

True or False: Napoleon Bonaparte shortly served as emperor of France

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Who was the first female British prime minister?

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Liz Truss

d)

Taylor Swift

12.

Which young woman established nursing as a valued profession

a)

Penny Robinson

b)

Meredith Gray

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Joan of Arc

13.

Which fierce pirate used her large navy to protect Ireland, and become a skillful politician

a)

Grace O'Malley

b)

Blackbeard

c)

Wendy Darling

d)

Captain Hook

14.

Where is Malala Yousafzai (young advocate for female education)

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Pakistan

c)

India

d)

Bangladesh