FY8E Social Science 2026 — fill it in, check the key, print it
FAMOUS PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
SS2.1 Understanding the Past (SS8.2.1.1)
Name: Class: Date:
TASK 1 — Complete the profile table (Annex Ten)
Famous person
Why famous (one line)
Country
Waisale Serevi
Fiji
Roy Krishna
Fiji
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
Fiji
Nelson Mandela
Dr. Jiko Luveni
Fiji
Adolf Hitler
King Charles III
Benazir Bhutto
Neil Armstrong
Mother Teresa
TASK 2 — Timeline of events - arrange in ORDER (1 = earliest)
Apollo 11 Moon landing World War I begins Red Cross founded
COVID-19 global pandemic Fiji independence World War II ends
TASK 3 — Epidemic or pandemic?
Dengue fever in a Fiji town = . COVID-19 across the whole world = .
TASK 4 — Short answers
1. Describe ONE influence a famous person has had on the history of the world.
2. State TWO ways a natural disaster (flood/earthquake) affects people, the economy and the environment.
ANSWER KEY (for self-marking)
• FAMOUS PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
• Task 1: Serevi - "King of 7s", sevens legend; Krishna - record football scorer; Mara - first PM, led independence 1970; Mandela - anti-apartheid president (South Africa); Luveni - first woman Speaker; Hitler - Nazi leader, started WWII (Germany); Charles - King, Head of Commonwealth (UK); Bhutto - first woman PM of Pakistan (Pakistan); Armstrong - first man on the Moon (USA); Teresa - Missionaries of Charity (India).