Famous People Review

Famous People Review

Question #1: What leader of Iraq is known for invading Kuwait to try and

gain control of their oil ?

A.Osama bin LadenB. Saddam HusseinC. Siddhartha GautamaD. Mao Zedong (Tse-Tung)

Question #2: What group of people wanted to create a homeland for the Jews in Palestine because they felt this

land had been promised to them by God?

A.Red GuardsB. ArabsC. ZionistsD. Romans

Question #3: Despite having a successful

empire, this group was overthrown after losing WWI?

A. PersiansB. OttomansC. RomansD. Kurds

Question #4: What individual fought for

India’s independence from the British?

A.Siddhartha GautamaB. Mohandas GandhiC. Mao ZedongD. Douglas MacArthur

Question #5: What individual is known for

establishing communism in China?

A.Siddhartha GautamaB. Mohandas GandhiC. Mao ZedongD. Douglas MacArthur

Question #6: What individual does

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam trace their origins back

through?

A. JesusB. AbrahamC. MohammadD. Siddhartha Gautama

Question #7: What individual helped to

rebuild Japan through the rewriting of the Japanese

constitution following WWII?

A.Siddhartha GautamaB. Mao ZedongC. George W. Bush D. Douglas MacArthur

Question #8: What individual born in Bethlehem was viewed as the Messiah that came to be the

“savior of man”?

A. JesusB. MohammadC. Siddhartha GautamaD. Abraham

Question #9: What individual is believed to

be the “mastermind” behind the September 11th attacks

on American Soil?

A. Osama bin LadenB. Saddam HusseinC. Siddhartha GautamaD. Mao Zedong (Tse-Tung)

Question #10: What individual through the

implementation of the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward tried to keep China’s hold on communism strong?

A.Siddhartha GautamaB. Mohandas GandhiC. Mao ZedongD. Douglas MacArthur

Question #11: What two individuals shared

their desire to practice civil disobedience throughout their

fight for independence?

A. Mohandas Gandhi & Siddhartha Gautama

B. Nelson Mandela & F.W. DeKlerkC. Nelson Mandela & Mohandas GandhiD. Siddhartha Gautama & Mao Zedong

Question #12: What individual is known today as the dictator or North

Korea?

A. Kim-Jong-ilB. Deng XiaopingC. Mao ZedongD. Ho Chi Minh

Question #13: What individual helped to

free Nelson Mandela from prison?

A. Douglas MacArthurB. George W. BushC. Mohandas GandhiD. F.W. DeKlerk

Question #14: Who was the leader of China during the Tiananmen Square

incident?

A.Kim-Jong-ilB. Deng XioapingC. Mao ZedongD. Ho Chi Minh

Question #15: Who was the leader of Iraq

during both the Persian Gulf War and during Operation

Iraqi Freedom?

A. Osama bin LadenB. Mao ZedongC. Saddam HusseinD. Deng Xiaoping

Question #16: What individual would earn

the nickname Buddha and would found the religion of

Buddhism?

A.Mohandas GandhiB. Siddhartha GautamaC. AbrahamD. Mohammed

Question #17: What individual helped fight

against French colonialism and later established

communism in Vietnam?

A.Kim-Jong-ilB. Deng XioapingC. Mao ZedongD. Ho Chi Minh

Question #18: What group that was helping

aid and hide Osama bin Laden did the United States target with the invasion of

Afghanistan ?

A. KurdsB. PersiansC. Red GuardsD. Taliban

Question #19: What individual helped to

abolish apartheid in South Africa and become its

nation’s first black president?

A. Martin Luther King Jr. B. Nelson MandelaC. Jacob ZumaD. F.W. DeKlerk

Question #20: What name is given to the group of individuals that hate

Jews?

A. Anti-SemitistsB. ZionistsC. GermansD. Anti-Palestinians