People IDS Flashcards
Charles Darwin
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
Bernard Dadie
Poet, author, African ivory coast. Promoter of African culture and ideas. Supports equality, dignity and freedom.
Malala Youzafzai
A Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.
Eleanor Roosevelt
wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the US during Great Depression an
World War II
Joseph Stalin
Communist dictator of the Soviet Union (1924-1953)
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain during the majority of WWII
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party.
Lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.
Created Perestroika and Glasnost
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of the peaceful civil disobedience movement in India
Boris Yeltsin
Was the first President of the Russian Federation after overthrowing the Czars. (1991-1999)
Nelson Mandela
First black president of South Africa
Mansa Musa
Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire’s reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world.
Ibn Battuta
Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan.
Cecil Rhodes
British entrepreneur and politician involved in the expansion of the British Empire from South Africa into Central Africa. Created De Beers Mining Company.
