Impact Club Intro Quizizz

Roughly how many people of African descent live outside of the African continent?

• 90 million

• 200 million

• 100 million

• 150 million

What is the total number of people descended from Africans, this includes the diaspora and the continent?

• 1.2 billion

• 1.4 billion

• 1.5 billion

• 2 billion

This African American opthamologist and laser scientist, invented a device and technique to remove cataracts and restore eyesight.

• Mary McCleod Bethune

• Ida B. Wells

• Patricia Bath

• Betty Shabazz

The modern toilet that we use today can be credited to this African American.

• Thomas Edison

• Thomas Elliot

• Thomas Hearns

• Tommy Mikal

This African American inventor and railroad worker help develop the rotary engine.

• Andrew Jackson

• Andy Warhol

• James Baldwin

• Andrew J. Beard

This African American inventor created the gas mask in 1912 during WW1 and the 3 color traffic light in 1922.

• Garret Morgan

• Tracy Morgan

• Martin Lawrence

• Chubby Checker

This woman created the gas furnace that in its patent included a heat exchanger that sent heat to individual rooms within the home.

• Alice Walker

• Summer Walker

• Alice H. Parker

• None of the above

The physician was the first to perform an open heart surgery on a patient in recorded history.

• Dr. Julius Earving

• Dr. Daniel H. Williams

• Dr. Martin Luther King

• Dr. Ben Jochanon

If a person needed a blood transfusion in the past they would have been hard-pressed to get the help they needed until this African American physician invented a way to store blood for transfusions.

• Dr. Ben Carson

• Dr. Diop

• Dr. Sebi

• Dr. Charles Drew

The African American inventor has over 26 patents and created the pacemaker, an electronic device used to regulate a persons heartbeat.

• Dr. Roderick Rolle

• Dr. Charles DiMauro

• Otis Boykin

• Otis Redding