How to Use This Quiz Pack

How to Use This Quiz Pack Welcome to the Famous People Mini Quiz Pack, Volume 4: Missionaries! This pack contains three quizzes centering on the work of four missionaries: Richard Johnson, George Augustus Selwyn, Robert Moffat, and William Grant Broughton. An answer key is included for each of the quizzes.

There are many ways to use this pack in your studies: 

It is perfect for review after students have studied the missionaries included in this pack.

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Parents and teachers can use the pack to help create a list of ideas or areas you wish to explore as you plan your study.

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Students can use the book as a starting point for independent study. Have students take the quizzes to the library or use them at the computer to search for the answers to the questions. Allow plenty of time for rabbit trails so students can investigate facts and stories they discover as they complete their pack.

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It can also be used as a tool to help students practice and sharpen research and notetaking skills. Have students record where they find the answers to each question as they would if they were doing research for a paper or presentation. You can also use this record of sources to help them dig deeper into the topics that interest them.

However you use the pack in your curriculum, I hope you find many fascinating details to discuss with your students!

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Is It True? Write T for true or F for False on the line before each of the statements below. If the statement is false, see if you can correct it. _____1.

William Grant Broughton worked to establish a system of education in New South Wales from the time he arrived there in 1829.

_____2.

Robert Moffat was sent to South Africa by the Scottish Missionary Society.

_____3.

Richard Johnson became a clergyman in Australia when he arrived with the First Fleet in 1788.

_____4.

Robert Moffat worked to help the people of Africa by teaching them ways to improve their methods of agriculture.

_____5.

Robert Johnson became tired of waiting to have a church built, so he used his own funds to build one himself.

_____6.

After years of working in Australia, William Grant Broughton was appointed Chaplain of the Tower of London.

_____7.

George Augustus Selwyn was the third Anglican bishop of New Zealand.

_____8.

Robert Johnson was appointed to serve as an advisor of agriculture.

_____9.

Robert Moffat translated the Bible into Tswana (Setswana), which was the first Bible translated into a native southern African language.

_____10.

George Augustus Selwyn worked to protect the Maori land rights in Australia.

_____11.

When first appointed to work with the church in Australia, William Grant Broughton expected to spend a long time working in Australia.

_____12.

George Augustus Selwyn’s wife Sarah was known as “Mata Pihopa” (Mother Bishop) among the Maori people.


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The World at the Time of Richard Johnson, George Augustus Selwyn, Robert Moffat, and William Grant Broughton Underline the name of the person who fits the description. 1.

Lived when Gregor Mendel published his basic laws of heredity William Grant Broughton

2.

William Grant Broughton


Robert Moffat

George Augustus Selwyn


Robert Moffat

Was born three years after composer Johann Sebastian Bach died Richard Johnson

8.

Richard Johnson

Lived when Walter Fleming observed the role chromosomes played in the division of cells Richard Johnson

7.

Richard Johnson

Lived when the French Revolution began William Grant Broughton

6.


Lived when British engineer James Brindley died George Augustus Selwyn

5.

Robert Moffat

Was born the same year inventor Matthias William Baldwin was born Robert Moffat

4.

Richard Johnson

Lived when Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin Richard Johnson

3.


Robert Moffat


Died the same year that inventor Isaac Boas was born William Grant Broughton

Robert Moffat



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9.

Was born the same year inventor Seth Boyden was born Richard Johnson

10.

Robert Moffat

Robert Moffat




Richard Johnson

Robert Moffat

Richard Johnson

Lived when Frederick Miescher separated DNA from cells George Augustus Selwyn

18.


Lived when James Cook claimed Australia for Britain Robert Moffat

17.

Robert Moffat

Was born the same year inventor Louis Braille was born George Augustus Selwyn

16.


Lived when Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone William Grant Broughton

15.

Robert Moffat

Lived when inventor Sir Richard Arkwright died George Augustus Selwyn

14.

Richard Johnson

Lived when William Herschel discovered Uranus Richard Johnson

13.


Died three years before Louis Pasteur began studying fermentation George Augustus Selwyn

12.

Robert Moffat

Lived when James Clerk Maxwell published his theory that electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light George Augustus Selwyn

11.


Richard Johnson


Died the same year Former Prime Minister of Australia Bruce Stanley was born Richard Johnson


Robert Moffat


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World of Missionaries Matching _____1.

Psalm 116:12

_____2.

Rivers of Water in a Dry Place

a.

Maori name for Sarah Selwyn, George Augustus Selwyn’s wife

b.

Aboriginal girl Richard Johnson took into his family

_____3.

The convict ship John

_____4.

Eclectics

c.

Birthplace of Robert Moffat

_____5.

Bristolian

d.

Son-in-law of Robert Moffat

_____6.

Tswana (Setswana)

e.

Founder of King’s School in Parramatta

_____7.

Bishop of Australia

f.

Written by Richard Johnson

_____8.

Mata Pihopa

g.

The ship that took William Grant Broughton and his family to Sydney in 1829

_____9.

Studies on the Elzevir Greek Testament

h.

Indigenous southern African language mastered by Robert Moffat

i.

Text of Richard Johnson’s first sermon in Sydney

_____10.

Lichfield, England

_____11.

Abaroo

_____12.

David Livingstone

j.

Published by William Grant Broughton

_____13.


k.

Ship that George Augustus Selwyn was on when he arrived in Auckland, New Zealand

_____14.

Synod l.

Title given to William Grant Broughton on February 14, 1836

m.

Group who arranged Richard Johnson’s appointment as Chaplain to the Settlement of New South Wales

n.

Place George Augustus Selwyn became bishop after his time in New Zealand

o.

A system of church government introduced to New Zealand by George Augustus Selwyn

p.

Written by Robert Moffat

_____15.

Ormiston, Scotland

_____16.

An Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies, Established in New South Wales and Norfolk Island


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Answer Key


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Is It True? __T__1. __F__2.

. . . South Africa by the London Missionary Society.

__T__3. __T__4. __T__5. __F__6.

Before years of working in Australia . . .

__F__7.

. . . the first Anglican bishop . . .

__F__8.

. . . as a civil magistrate.

__T__9. __F__10.

. . . Maori land rights in New Zealand.

__F__11.

. . . to spend a short time working . . .

__T__12.

The World at the Time of Richard Johnson, George Augustus Selwyn, Robert Moffat, and William Grant Broughton 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

George Augustus Selwyn Richard Johnson Robert Moffat Richard Johnson William Grant Broughton Robert Moffat Richard Johnson George Augustus Selwyn William Grant Broughton George Augustus Selwyn William Grant Broughton Richard Johnson William Grant Broughton Robert Moffat George Augustus Selwyn Richard Johnson George Augustus Selwyn Robert Moffat


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World of Missionaries Matching 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

i p g m k h l a j n b d e o c f


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