Rawasy Misr International School

E.S.S Department
Second Trimester GR4
Interim Exam
Choose the correct answer

1. American civil rights movement took place mainly during the

…………………...
a) 1990s and 1999s
b) 1950s and 1960s
c) 1920s and 1930s

2. Where did Rosa Parks grow up?

a) California
b) Miami
c) Montgomery

3. ---------------------- refused to give up her/his seat

a) Rosa Parks
b) Martin Luther King
c) Abraham Lincoln

4. The Montgomery Bus ……….............. was when many black citizens

(and some white citizens) refused to use the buses until it was fair
for black and white people to sit where they liked and not be
separated.
a) segregation
b) Boycott

1|P age
Rawasy Misr International School
E.S.S Department
Second Trimester GR4
Complete the following Sentences:

1. It emerged as a response to the existing discrimination based on race,

-------------, -----------------, and national origin.

2. ………………………….. for every person means that regardless of gender, …………..

color, religion, nationality, age, disability, or religion, a person should not be

discriminated against.

3. One example of racial discrimination would be the segregation of public

facilities such as -----------------, ------------------, ------------------, and

restrooms.

True or false:

1. The purpose of the civil rights movement was to enforce legal rights for
all, especially for white people residing in the United States. ------------

2. Civil rights activists didn’t try to promote equality and social justice
through nonviolent protests. -------------
3. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s.
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4. King was the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in
1964. -------------

2|P age
Rawasy Misr International School
E.S.S Department
Second Trimester GR4
Answer the following questions:

What’s segregation?

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List three places where black and white people had to stay apart from
each other.

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What was the name of the movement of people to stop using the buses?

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Bonus Question:

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but
that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually
was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people
have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only
tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

Describe Rosa Parks Character traits ( personality)

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3|P age