Why is Bessie Coleman an important figure?

Women In Aviation Test Review

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English
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7th Grade
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Hard
Sonya Todd
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence: The students attended a public ____________, where the Air Force Thunderbirds performed.
exhibition
flying
show
experiment
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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