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Famous People




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ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY (1) - GREAT BRITAIN
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Age: 10-12
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GUESS WHO? - The famous People Game - Speaking about personal information
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Age: 12-17
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Age: 8-17
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How to write a biography
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Age: 11-17
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Make a timeline of famous people - biographies/simple past tense, project part 3 of 3 **editable**
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Age: 11-17
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Worksheet: "Describing famous people"
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Age: 14-17
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Which empire did Genghis Khan start?
 the Ottoman Empire
 the Persian Empire
 the Mongol Empire 

According to legend, Manco Capac was the man who... 
 started the Inca Empire.
 discovered South America.
 built Mayan temples.  

Marco Polo travelled the 7,000-km-long Silk Road from Europe to China. He set out in 1271. When did he return home?
 5 years later
 12 years later
 24 years later 

According to many poets and historians, Cleopatra died after ...
 she ate some poisoned food.
 a poisonous snake bit her.
 she stabbed herself. 

Who said "I came, I saw, I conquered." after winning a battle in Asia Minor?
 Julius Caesar
 Genghis Khan
 Tutankhamun 

Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world. How old was he when he died?
 76
 49
 32 

Who were the Pilgrims?
 They were the musicians.
 They were the people settled in North America.
 They were the people left the North America in 1620. 

Who designed many working machines for war, industry and transport?
 Leonardo da Vinci
 Neil Armstrong
 Zhores Alferov 

Who was the first man who walked on the moon?
 Yuri Gagrin
 Neil Armstrong
 Alexsey Leonov 

Who invented the light bulb?
 Zhores Alferov
 Leonardo da Vinci
 Thomas Edison 

The Mona Lisa was painted by ...
 Frida Kahlo
 Van Gogh
 Leonardo da Vinci 

Who was the winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics?
 Zhores Alferov
 Marie Curie
 Thomas Edison 

What is the name of a famous English writer?
 Christopher Columbus
 George Washington
 Charles Dickens 

What is the name of the 16th American President? 
 George Washington
 Abraham Lincoln
 George Bush 

Who pioneered modern nursing during the Crimean war?
 Marie Curie
 Florence Nightingale
 Frida Kahlo  

 was a Polish chemist and physicist. 

 was a British nurse. 
Abraham Lincoln was  American President. 
George Washington began his  at the age of 21. 
Frida Kahlo dreamed of becoming  as a child. 
Frida Kahlo got married  in 1929. 
John Gabot was  explorer. 
 agreed to help pay for Gabot's voyage. 
Van Gogh was a great painter, but he sold only  painting in his lifetime! 
Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of  . 

Leonardo da Vinci was ahead  his time. 
Alexander the Great fought  the Persians many times. 
Columbus decided to try to sail  to find a new trade route. 
On each voyage Columbus believed he was in  . 
On September 6th 1620, 100 people sailed from England for  in North America.