Unit 9 MKP

Question 1

Nelson Mandela
1918-2013

Answer 1

-Helped dismantle apartheid in South Africa
-Later elected the first black South African in the country’s first election with universal adult suffrage

Question 2

Augusto Pinochet
1915-2006

Answer 2

-Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990
-Brought to power by a US-backed coup against the socialist government of Salvador Allende

Question 3

Bob Marley
1945-1981

Answer 3

Jamaican singer-songwriter who became an international musical and cultural icon with his work in reggae

Question 4

Leonid Brezhnev
1906-1982

Answer 4

-General secretary of the Soviet Union from 1964 to his death
-During his time in power, the global influence of the Soviet Union grew through the Brezhnev doctrine and an era of economic and social stagnation in the USSR began

Question 5

Wangari Maathai
1940-2011

Answer 5

-Founder of the Green Belt Movement
-An environmental NGO focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women’s rights

Question 6

Kwame Nkrumah
1909-1972

Answer 6

-Oversaw Ghana’s independence from British colonial rule
-An advocate of Pan-Africanism

Question 7

Ronald Reagan
1911-2004

Answer 7

-President of the United States during the last years of the Cold War
-Supported anti-communist movements around the world and ordered a military buildup during his first term
-Later signed INF Treaty and began decreasing the US’s nuclear arsenal

Question 8

Margaret Thatcher
1925-2013

Answer 8

-British political known as the “Iron Lady”
-She became the prime minister of Great Brittani towards the end of the Cold War and worked to bring the country out of recession
-Also went into war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands

Question 9

Deng Xiaoping
1904-1997

Answer 9

-Reformist leader of the Communist Party of China
-Led Chinese economic reform that opened up the country to foreign investment, the global market, and limited private competition

Question 10

Martin Luther King JR.
1929-1968

Answer 10

-American Civil Rights leader best known for advancing rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience inspired by Gandhi

Question 11

Ida B. Wells
1862-1931

Answer 11

-American investigate journalist, educator, and early leader of the civil right movement in the United States
-One of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Question 12

Pele
B.1940

Answer 12

-Brazilian professional soccer player widely regarded as the greatest player of all time
-His play helped popularize soccer in the US

Question 13

Michael Phelps
B. 1985

Answer 13

American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and decorated Olympian of all-time with a total of 28 medals

Question 14

Mark Zuckerberg
B. 1984

Answer 14

American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist known for co-founding Facebook

Question 15

Margaret Sanger
1879-1966

Answer 15

-American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse who popularized the term birth control
-Established organizations that eventually turned into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Question 16

Jonas Salk
1914-1995

Answer 16

American virologist who developed the first successful polio vaccines

Question 17

Norman Borlaug
1914-2009

Answer 17

American agronomist who led initiatives globally that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution

Question 18

Guglielmo Marconi
1874-1937

Answer 18

Italian inventor and electrical engineer best known for his pioneer work on long-distance radio transmissions