Leaders of Yesterday

Leaders of Yesterday Quiz

Syllabication:
How many syllables in these words? Circle the stressed syllable
Example: Assassinated ______________

1. Respected _______________

2. Independent ______________

3. Survived ________________

4. Monarch _______________

5. Coalition _________________

Underline the time phrases
in these sentences:

During the Gulf War, America organized a group of countries to fight for Kuwait’s independence.

Mikhail Gorbachev was born on March 2, 1931.During his teenage years, he worked for a farm machinery station that was run by the government. He was bright and ambitious and from 1952 to 1955, he studied law at Moscow State University.

Vocabulary

Write a sentence using these vocabulary words
1. drought
__________________________________________________________________
2. protest
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3. well –off __________________________________________________________________
4. Modernize __________________________________________________________________
5. Bodyguards __________________________________________________________________
6. Agriculture __________________________________________________________________
7. Industrial __________________________________________________________________
8. Coalition
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9. Survived
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10. respected
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Write a short paragraph about King Hussein or Indira Ghandi.