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EOY-Review 2016-17
Social Studies Blue Print Continued Significant People, Places & Events
Question | Answer |
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Aborigine | Australia's first developed culture |
Maori | the native people of New Zealand |
Polynesian | a native or inhabitant of Polynesia, or a person of Polynesian descent; a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Polynesia, including Maori, Hawaiian, and Samoan. |
Malala Yousafzai | The youngest recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize. Two years before she received the Nobel Peace Prize she was shot in the head, neck and shoulder by a single bullet fired by a Taliban gunman for working for education for girls. |
Mansa Musa | was the richest man in history, whose fortune in the 14th century would equal approximately $400 billion today when adjusted for inflation. |
Nelson Mandela | leader of the African National Congress who was jailed for fighting apartheid, but who became president of South Africa in 1994. |
Mohandas Gandhi | Indian leader who pushed for India's independence from the British through civil disobedience in the 1930s; considered the father of modern India. |