Agents of Change
This Indian leader used nonviolent civil disobedience to lead India to independence from British rule.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
This 18th-century war led to the independence of 13 American colonies from Britain.
What is the American Revolution?
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing this communication device in 1876.
What is the telephone?
Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, this platform has over 2.8 billion monthly active users.
What is Facebook?
This 1989 pro-democracy protest in Beijing is remembered for the “Tank Man” image.
What is the Tiananmen Square Protest?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Beginning in 1789, this revolution resulted in the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
What is the French Revolution?
Invented by Johannes Gutenberg, it revolutionized the spread of information in the 15th century.
What is the printing press?
Known for its 280-character limit, this platform is a hub for news and activism.
What is X/Twitter?
These protests were initiated by this organization after the police killing of George Floyd.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This South African anti-apartheid revolutionary became the country’s first Black president in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This 1917 event led to the fall of the Tsarist autocracy in Russia.
What is the Russian Revolution?
Launched in 2007, this smartphone redefined mobile computing and communication.
What is the iPhone?
This platform’s “Stories” feature (started before the Instagram version) allows users to share photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours.
What is Snapchat?
This series of protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions were known for their excessive "honking".
What are the Canadian convoy/trucker protests?
This environmental activist started the global “Fridays for Future” movement at age 15.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
Led by Mao Zedong, this revolution established the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
What is the Chinese Communist Revolution?
Developed by Ethereum, this technology allows for decentralized applications and smart contracts, and is commonly used in cryptocurrency exchanges.
What is blockchain technology?
This hashtag movement against sexual harassment was amplified globally in 2017.
What is #MeToo?
In 1989, the fall of this barrier symbolized the end of the Cold War divisions in Europe.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The youngest Nobel Prize laureate, she advocates for girls’ education after surviving a Taliban attack.
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Fidel Castro led this 1959 revolution that overthrew Batista’s regime in his island country.
What is the Cuban Revolution?
This gene-editing technology allows for precise, efficient modifications to DNA.
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
Starting in 2010, this series of uprisings across the Arab world was facilitated by social media.
What is the Arab Spring?
These 2019-2020 demonstrations in a Chinese territory protested proposed extradition laws.
What are the Hong Kong Protests?