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Civil rights, celebrating Martin Luther King day

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This person refused to give their seat to a white person on A bus in the US.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

2.

Separation of two or more races based on skin color

a)

segregation

b)

racism

c)

oppression

d)

fascism

3.

Who was a main leader in the fight for African Americans' equal rights in the 1960s?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Linda Brown

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

4.

In which year (UK) were all women over 21 given the same voting rights as men?

a)

8192

b)

1829

c)

1982

d)

1928

5.
To treat people in a certain way because of their race, gender, age, or other factor.
a)
rule of law
b)
common good
c)
discriminate
d)
suffrage
6.
The process of assuming that everyone in the same ethnic, racial or cultural group act the same, share the same beliefs or attitudes: a particular group is the same:
a)
ethnicity
b)
ethnocentric
c)
prejudice
d)
stereotyping
7.

Unfair treatment of a person or group linked to the nine protected characteristics is called

a)

prejudice

b)

stereotype

c)

discrimination

d)

bias

8.

How many protected characteristics are there?

a)

6

b)

12

c)

3

d)

9

9.
Which of these is not a protected characteristic?
a)
Age
b)
Maternity
c)
Hair Colour
d)
Health
10.

What term is used to describe the belief that one's own race is superior?

a)

Ethnocentrism

b)

Racism

c)

Stereotyping

d)

Prejudice

11.

Why was Emily Davison famous?

a)

She attacked the Queen

b)

She blew up the Prime Minister's house

c)

She jumped off London Bridge

d)

She jumped/ fell in front of the King's Horse

12.

What country was Nelson Mandela from?

a)

South America

b)

South Africa

c)

Southern Asia

d)

USA

13.

Nelson Mandela fought against an oppressive government system called...

a)

segregation

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Apartheid

14.

What is the system of Apartheid?

a)

Discrimination on grounds of gender

b)

A system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race

c)

A government system to control election votes

15.

What is the term for the movement to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States?

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Women's Suffrage Movement

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Green Movement

16.

In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded with

a)

the WEB duBois medal

b)

the Nobel Prize

c)

the Pulitzer Prize

d)

an honorary Ph.D from the University of Mississippi

17.

__________MEANS TO JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE NEGATIVELY OR SEE THEM AS INFERIOR

a)

DIVERSITY

b)

PREJUDICE

c)

UNITY

d)

STEREOTYPE