Women In Aviation

Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence: The winning athlete was ___________ with questions, from reporters.

• flustered

• flooded

• inundated

• pressured

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Why is Bessie Coleman an important figure?

• She gave flying exhibitions and lectured on aviation.

• Her flight instructor said she was a "natural talent."

• She was determined to start a flying school for African Americans.

• She was the first African-American to earn a pilot's license.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence: The students attended a public ____________, where the Air Force Thunderbirds performed.

• exhibition

• flying

• show

• experiment

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CCSS.L.5.5C

What was Harriet Quimby's distinction?

• She said, "Flying is easier than voting."

• She was the first woman in the world to earn a pilot's license.

• She was the first American woman to make a solo balloon flight.

• She was the first American woman to become a licensed pilot.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the word that means: "The main idea expressed in a piece of writing"?

• Central idea

• Theme

• Convey

• Characters

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

According to the authors, why did the United States lag behind Europe in developing a strong aviation program?

• The United Stats was the birthplace of flight.

• There was less racial prejudice in Europe.

• European leaders understood the commercial and military advantages.

• African-Americans went to Europe to be trained as pilots.

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to...

• Open a school for blind students

• Fly around the world

• Earn a pilots license

• Fly a hot air balloon

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Why did Bessie Coleman go to France to learn to fly?

• The best instructors were in France.

• Racial prejudice was less restrictive.

• She knew how to speak French.

• The cost of flight school was less.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the word that means: "The main idea expressed in a piece of writing"?

• Central idea

• Convey

• Theme

• Characters

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the word that means: "Proof from the text used to support your ideas and arguments"?

• Inference

• Text Evidence

• Analysis

• Reason

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D