Famous People in 7th Grade Social Studies

Question 1

North Korean politician, son of the former North Korean premier and ruler of North Korea.

Accepted Answer

Kim Jong-il

Question 2

President during the Persian Gulf War.

Accepted Answer

George H.W. Bush

Question 3

Chinese communist leader, who was the most powerful figure in the People’s Republic of China

Accepted Answer

Deng Xiaoping

Question 4

Leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India.

Accepted Answer

Mahatma Gandhi

Question 5

Communist leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for nearly three decades.

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh

Question 6

President of Iraq from 1979-2003.

Accepted Answer

Saddam Hussein

Question 7

U.S. general who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theatre in World War II.

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 8

South Africa's first elected black President.

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 9

President of South Africa who brought the apartheid to an end.

Accepted Answer

FW deKlerk

Question 10

President who initiated the Iraq War in 2003.

Accepted Answer

George W. Bush

Question 11

Founder of the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda.

Accepted Answer

Osama bin Laden

Question 12

First African American elected President in U.S.

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 13

Founder of Buddhism, one of the major religions of southern and eastern Asia.

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 14

Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier, and statesman who led his country’s communist revolution.

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

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