Major Industries of Texas

When people can own and run their own businesses with a limited amount of government interference.

• Socialism

• Free Enterprise System

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

NASA was created as a response to?

• Africa launching first satellite

• Mexico launching Sputnik to space

• Soviet Union launching Sputnik to space

• Canada launching first satellite

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration brought what to Houston?

• economic depressions

• Houston, we have a problem!

• religious opportunities

• economic opportunities/jobs

How many countries work together on the International Space Station?

• 15

• 16

• 17

• 18

Earned the American Legion Medal of Valor after orbiting earth 163 times.

• Walter Cunningham

• Michael DeBakey

• Denton Cooley

• Jack Kilby

What two fields of medicine is Houston known for?

• Cancer & Gastrointestinal

• Dermatology & Anesthesiology

• Cancer & Dermatology

• Cancer & Cardiology

Performed the first successful coronary bypass surgeries in Texas

• Denton Cooley

• Michael Dell

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Michael DeBakey

Performed the first human heart transplant.

• Michael DeBakey

• Denton Cooley

• Walter Cunningham

• NASA

First woman to become a pediatric surgeon

• Lulu Bell Madison White

• Benjy Brooks

• Barbara Jordan

• Denton Cooley

Invented the computer chip, portable calculator, and won the Nobel peace prize in 2000.

• Michael DeBakey

• John F. Kennedy

• Jack Kilby

• Benjy Brooks