Important Leaders Matching (Grade 6)
Free printable leaders matching worksheet for Grade 6. Students match each leader to what they are known for.
Name
Date
History
Match the Leader
Match each leader on the left to what they are known for on the right.
- 1.Match: Nelson Mandela
- a) Led India's independence movement using non-violent protest
- b) Led the US civil rights movement for equal rights
- c) Was US president during the Civil War and ended slavery there
- d) Ruled Britain during a long period called the Victorian era
- e) Helped win recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
- f) Was Britain's prime minister during much of World War II
- g) Was the long-reigning queen of the United Kingdom
- h) Led the fight against apartheid and became South Africa's president
- 2.Match: Winston Churchill
- a) Led India's independence movement using non-violent protest
- b) Led the US civil rights movement for equal rights
- c) Was US president during the Civil War and ended slavery there
- d) Ruled Britain during a long period called the Victorian era
- e) Helped win recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
- f) Was Britain's prime minister during much of World War II
- g) Was the long-reigning queen of the United Kingdom
- h) Led the fight against apartheid and became South Africa's president
- 3.Match: Martin Luther King Jr.
- a) Led India's independence movement using non-violent protest
- b) Led the US civil rights movement for equal rights
- c) Was US president during the Civil War and ended slavery there
- d) Ruled Britain during a long period called the Victorian era
- e) Helped win recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
- f) Was Britain's prime minister during much of World War II
- g) Was the long-reigning queen of the United Kingdom
- h) Led the fight against apartheid and became South Africa's president
- 4.Match: Abraham Lincoln
- a) Led India's independence movement using non-violent protest
- b) Led the US civil rights movement for equal rights
- c) Was US president during the Civil War and ended slavery there
- d) Ruled Britain during a long period called the Victorian era
- e) Helped win recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
- f) Was Britain's prime minister during much of World War II
- g) Was the long-reigning queen of the United Kingdom
- h) Led the fight against apartheid and became South Africa's president
- 5.Match: Queen Elizabeth II
- a) Led India's independence movement using non-violent protest
- b) Led the US civil rights movement for equal rights
- c) Was US president during the Civil War and ended slavery there
- d) Ruled Britain during a long period called the Victorian era
- e) Helped win recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
- f) Was Britain's prime minister during much of World War II
- g) Was the long-reigning queen of the United Kingdom
- h) Led the fight against apartheid and became South Africa's president
- 6.Match: Queen Victoria
- a) Led India's independence movement using non-violent protest
- b) Led the US civil rights movement for equal rights
- c) Was US president during the Civil War and ended slavery there
- d) Ruled Britain during a long period called the Victorian era
- e) Helped win recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
- f) Was Britain's prime minister during much of World War II
- g) Was the long-reigning queen of the United Kingdom
- h) Led the fight against apartheid and became South Africa's president
- 7.Match: Mahatma Gandhi
- a) Led India's independence movement using non-violent protest
- b) Led the US civil rights movement for equal rights
- c) Was US president during the Civil War and ended slavery there
- d) Ruled Britain during a long period called the Victorian era
- e) Helped win recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
- f) Was Britain's prime minister during much of World War II
- g) Was the long-reigning queen of the United Kingdom
- h) Led the fight against apartheid and became South Africa's president
- 8.Match: Eddie Mabo
- a) Led India's independence movement using non-violent protest
- b) Led the US civil rights movement for equal rights
- c) Was US president during the Civil War and ended slavery there
- d) Ruled Britain during a long period called the Victorian era
- e) Helped win recognition of Indigenous land rights in Australia
- f) Was Britain's prime minister during much of World War II
- g) Was the long-reigning queen of the United Kingdom
- h) Led the fight against apartheid and became South Africa's president
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