Match the Significant Figure Name with where they are from and what they contributed to society.

Question 1 options:

United States

Started mail-order business with catalogs


Spain

One of the most influential of all modern artists, he and Georges Braque were the first to create Cubist art


Unites States

Transformed the daily newspaper into a form of entertainment


Russia

Composer most associated with the beginning of modern music; composed The Rite of Spring


England

Fought for women’s suffrage and founded the Women’s Social and Political Union


Vienna, Austria

Founder of psychoanalysis who theorized that the mind is divided into conscious and unconscious parts


Paris, France

Created the first department store and introduced new marketing ideas


France

Proved that microorganisms cause disease; developed process of pasteurization and the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax


United States

Designed New York City’s Central Park and many other parks in other cities


United States

Many inventions including light bulbs, phonographs, Kinetoscope, and early moving pictures