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1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta,
Georgia.
b Martin Luther King first knew racism as a
young boy.
c White farmers needed slaves to work on
their farms.
d In the Second World War black soldiers and
white soldiers fought together.
e Martin Luther King always wanted to be a
minister.
f After 1807 it was against the law to own
slaves.
g Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali were both
boxers.
h Gandhi believed in the use of violence to
change unfair laws.
i Rosa Parks was arrested because she would
not get off the bus.
j The Montgomery bus boycott succeeded.
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2 What happened where? Match a number from A with
a letter from B.
A
1 John F Kennedy was killed in . . .
2 The first restaurant sit-in was in . . .
3 In 1954 black students tried to enter the
high school in . . .
4 Martin Luther King made his I have a
dream speech in . . .
5 He was shot dead in . . .
B
a . . . Greensboro, North Carolina.
b . . . Memphis, Tennessee.
c . . . Little Rock, Arkansas.
d . . . Washington DC.
e . . . Dallas, Texas.
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3 Which of these people said these things? Gandhi,
Stokely Carmichael, Condoleezza Rice, Martin Luther
King's father, Rosa Parks.
a Segregation is wrong, but things will get better
in time.
b I dont think I should have to stand up.

c If you love your enemies, you can beat them.

d Go home and get your guns.

e Martin Luther King told America it should be
true to itself.
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4 What do the words mean? Match a number from A
with a letter from B.
1 slavery
2 right
3 racism
4 freedom
5 boycott
a refusing to buy or use something as a protest
b the belief that some people are better or worse
than others based on the colour of their skin
c what you are allowed to do by law
d being able to say or do what you want
e when one person is owned by another person
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5 Martin Luther King quiz. Can you answer these
questions?
a How old was Martin Luther King when he died?

b What was the name of Martin Luther Kings

killer?
c Which war did Martin Luther King protest
against?
d Where did Martin Luther King ask children to
join in a protest?
e When is Martin Luther King Day?

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Places
Choose the best answer.
1 Martin Luther King was born in _____.
a Alabama b Atlanta
c Washington DC d New York
2 Men and women from _____ became slaves in
America.
a Africa b Britain c Portugal
d Russia
3 Nat Turner led slaves in _____ against their
owners.
a Haiti b Alabama c Africa
d Virginia
4 _____ was a country for people who were once
slaves.
a Haiti b Liberia c Spain
d Britain
5 In 1954 Martin Luther King became the minister
of a church in _____.
a Boston b Montgomery
c Atlanta d Washington
6 Little Rock is the state capital of _____.
a Georgia b Alabama c Arkansas
d North Carolina
7 The restaurant sit-ins began in _____.
a Greensboro b Montgomery
c Atlanta d Albany
8 Bull Connor was chief of police in _____.
a Little Rock b Selma
c Birmingham d Montgomery
9 Martin Luther King made his famous speech in
_____.
a Montgomery b Memphis
c Birmingham d Washington
10 Martin Luther King led a march _____.
a from Montgomery to Memphis
b from Montgomery to Selma
c from Selma to Montgomery
d from Selma to Washington
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People
Choose the best answer.
11 Martin Luther Kings father was a _____.
a teacher b lawyer c minister
d doctor
12 President _____ wanted to end slavery in America.
a Lincoln b Kennedy c Johnson
d Truman
13 _____ was a famous black singer.
a Duke Ellington b Langston Hughes
c Paul Robeson d Elton John
14 In 1937 _____ became the world boxing
champion.
a Max Schmeling b Louis Armstrong
c Jesse Owens d Joe Louis
15 Rosa Parks _____.
a was friends with a white woman
b killed a white woman
c gave her seat to a white woman
d was arrested by the police
16 When Ernest Green entered Little Rock High
School, white students _____ him.
a spat at b laughed at
c didnt talk to d helped
17 _____ordered the police in Selma to protect the
marchers.
a President Kennedy
b President Johnson c George Wallace
d Martin Luther King
18 _____ killed a police officer.
a Bobby Seale b Malcolm X
c Huey Newton d H. Rap Brown
19 _____ wrote a song for Martin Luther King.
a Bob Dylan b Stevie Wonder
c Jesse Jackson d Duke Ellington
20 _____ was the first African-American Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs
a Condoleezza Rice b Dexter Scott King
c Jesse Jackson d Colin Powell
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Facts
Choose the best answer.
21 Martin Luther King was born in _____.
a 1963 b 1929 c 1938 d 1968
22 In 1929 _____ of black people lived in the
South.
a 90% b 80% c 75% d 66%
23 More than _____ million Africans were taken to
America to become slaves.
a six b ten c five d four
24 America ended the buying and selling of slaves
in _____.
a 1808 b 1807 c 1776 d 1860
25 Segregation in the US Army was ended in _____.
a 1954 b 1941 c 1945 d 1948
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26 _____ black students tried to enter Little Rock
High School.
a Four b Six c Nine d Twelve
27 John F. Kennedy was elected President in _____
a 1960 b 1963 c 1954 d 1968
28 In 1963, Martin Luther King led a march of
_____ people.
a 100,000 b 500,000 c 50,000
d 250,000
29 In Selma only _____ of black people were
registered to vote.
a 10% b 5% c 1% d 3%
30 In _____ Muhammad Ali went to prison.
a 1964 b 1968 c 1963 d 1967
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 start fighting or hurting somebody
a beat b attack c hit d hate
32 a group of people who control a country
a gang b government c band
d president
33 to make someone do something by talking to
them
a tell b discuss c control
d persuade
34 to keep someone or something safe
a protect b protest c save d decide
35 pleased about something someone has done
a happy b awake c proud
d bored
36 to put your name on an official list
a write b clear c register d pay
37 surprised and upset
a afraid b worried c crazy
d shocked
38 someone who controls a group of people
a governor b leader c president
d supporter
39 a group of people who work together to get
something done
a organisation b company c team
d gang
40 the best player in a sport
a greatest b runner c fighter
d champion
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Events
Choose the best answer.
41 The American government made Martin Luther
Kings birthday a holiday in _____.
a 1983 b 1980 c 1968 d 2003
42 When he won a prize for speaking, Martin
Luther King was _____ years old.
a fourteen b eleven c sixteen
d eighteen
43 Britain ended the buying and selling of slaves in
_____.
a 1776 b 1807 c 1808 d 1861
44 In 1941 _____.
a the Second World War began
b the Second World War ended
c America entered the Second World War
d Britain entered the Second World War
45 The Ku Klux Klan was an organization of _____.
a Black Panthers b slaves
c students d white racists
46 Joe Louiss greatest fight was against _____.
a Muhammad Ali b Max Schmeling
c George Foreman d Joe Frazier
47 President Eisenhower ordered the army to Little
Rock to _____.
a stop black students entering school
b stop the riots c protect black students
d close the school
48 When people heard Martin Luther Kings speech
in Washington, they were full of _____.
a love b fear c anger d hope
49 The Civil Rights Law of 1964 was signed by
President _____.
a Kennedy b Johnson c Truman
d Eisenhower
50 In 1967 Martin Luther King attacked the US
government because he thought that _____.
a the war in Vietnam was wrong
b too many Blacks were poor
c education for Blacks was not good enough
d Blacks still did not have equal rights
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