Week 29 4th grade

What effects did the oil industry have on Texas?

• It did not effect Texas at all

• It caused pollution in Texas

• It attracted business to Texas

• It decreased the population in Texas

What two industries helped Texas attract families and businesses?

• Oil and Gas

• Farming and Cattle

• Politics and Law

• Space and Technology

In what state was Sally Ride born?

• California

• Colorado

• Carolina

• Delaware

What made Sally Ride different from other astronauts?

• Ride was the first woman to ever go into space.

• She was accepted into NASA's space program for astronauts

• Ride studied Physics

• She rode in the space shuttle challenger

What made Sally Ride a good role model for girls?

• She published children's books

• She told them they could ride on the space shuttle Challenger

• She educated girls that they could be interested in Science and Math, just like boys.

• She started a company distributing science materials

Who became President of the United States in 1963?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

• Lydon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

All of the following are reasons it was difficult for Barbara Jordan to accomplish her goals except for which of the choices below?

• As a little girl she did not do very well in school

• She spent part of her life in a wheelchair

• She was working to change very difficult problems

• She was an African American trying to go to law school in the 1950's

What was a main goal of Lyndon B. Johnson, Barbara Jordan, and Henry B. Gonzalez, that changed the lives of others?

• to go to college

• to be famous

• to be rich

• to further the civil rights of others

What do Texas businesses need to use in order to be global competitors?

• international currency

• foreign Language experts

• technology

• global locations

In which Texas town is the Johnson Space Center?

• San Antonio

• Houston

• Dallas

• Austin