Martin Luther King JR Life Stories

Question 1

A poor, crowded often dirty section of a city is known as a

Answer 1

Slum

Question 2

Keeping people of different races or religions separate from each other is known as

Answer 2

Segregation

Question 3

What was the occupation of Martin Luther King JR’s father

Answer 3

Pastor

Question 4

How old was Martin when he won the first prize for a public speaking contest

Answer 4

14

Question 5

Name this historic site where Martin Luther King JR’s famous speech “ I have a dream” was delivered

Answer 5

Lincoln Memorial

Question 6

The highest court in the land is known as

Answer 6

Supreme Court

Question 7

To which southern city did Martin and coretta. I’ve in 1954

Answer 7

Montgomerry, Alabama

Question 8

Who was the inspiring leader whose work made Martin believe in non violent protest

Answer 8

Gandhi

Question 9

Name this scientist who discovered the germ theory

Answer 9

Louis Pasteur

Question 10

Someone who kills a politician or a religious leader is known as an

Answer 10

Assassin

Question 11

What does NAACP stand for

Answer 11

National Association for advancement of coloured people

Question 12

She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States

Answer 12

Elizabeth Blackwell

Question 13

Slaves often sang songs. These songs were known as ?

Answer 13

Spirituals

Question 14

Who shot Martin Luther King JR

Answer 14

John Earl Ray

Question 15

What major award did Matin Luther King JR win in 1964

Answer 15

Nobel Peace Prize

Question 16

The people who wanted to end slavery were collectively known as

Answer 16

Abolitionists

Question 17

A woman whose job is sewing is known as a

Answer 17

Seamstress

Question 18

Gandhi’s followers wore cloth that was known as

Answer 18

Khadi

Question 19

In what year was Martin Luther King JR born

Answer 19

1929

Question 20

On what two materials did Martin write his “ letter from Birmingham jail”

Answer 20

Toilet paper and newspaper

Question 21

He loved tweed suits

What nick name did Martin,s friend give hi. While at Morehouse college

Answer 21

Tweed

Question 22

A law that the government has passed is known as an

Answer 22

Act

Question 23

A school that trains clergy such as priests is known as a

Answer 23

Seminary

Question 24

What 1964 act made discrimination in public places and businesses illegal

Answer 24

Civil rights acts

Question 25

Name the Motel from the balcony of which Martin Luther King JR was shot

Answer 25

Lorraine Motel

Question 26

On the cover of which magazine did Martin appear in 1957

Answer 26

Time Magazine

Question 27

What is the meaning of SUFFRAGE

Answer 27

Having the right to vote for your leader

Question 28

She was the mother of the civil rights movement in America

Answer 28

Rosa Parks

Question 29

A farmer who works on a small plot of land owned by another farmer is known as

Answer 29

Sharecropper

Question 30

A form of protest where people sit in one place and refuse to leave is known as a

Answer 30

Sit-in

Question 31

What was the name of Martin Luther King JR famous speech

Answer 31

I have a dream

Question 32

What was the name of Martin Luther King JR at birth

Answer 32

Michael King

Question 33

Unfair laws that discriminate against black people are known as

Answer 33

Jim Crow laws

Question 34

What was the occupation of Martin Luther King JR's grandfather

Answer 34

He was a sharecropper

Question 35

He is known as the Father of National parks

Answer 35

John Muir