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WorksheetsGeorge Washington Carver
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
GWC stands for
a)
George Wally World
b)
George Washington Car
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
George Bush
2.
GWC seeked a formal education and went to college to later became
a)
a musician.
b)
an artist.
c)
a scientist and teacher.
d)
a President.
3.
GWC was a slave who
a)
was killed.
b)
ran away from home.
c)
was set free in Missouri.
d)
was educated by his slave owners.
4.
GWC worked during college to pay for room, board and this:
a)
vitamins.
b)
crops.
c)
peanuts.
d)
college education.
5.
GWC was sent away from college in Kansas because
a)
he wasn't smart enough.
b)
he was poor.
c)
he was an artist.
d)
he was black.
6.
GWC was first accepted to this college:
a)
Kansas College.
b)
Missouri University.
c)
Iowa State College.
d)
Central Missouri.
7.
In April 1896, GWC was offered an opportunity from Booker T. Washington to
a)
teach at Tuskegee University in Alabama.
b)
move to California.
c)
move back to Missouri.
d)
join the Army.
8.
Tuskegee University was the first
a)
university for all students.
b)
all white university.
c)
mixed university.
d)
all black university.
9.
This crop was the "cash crop" that made it hard for GWC to have people believe in his inventions.
a)
insects.
b)
peanuts.
c)
cotton.
d)
grass.
10.
GWC made all of the following EXCEPT
a)
plastics.
b)
peanut oil for skin.
c)
shaving cream.
d)
peanut butter.
11.
Peanuts increased in the southeast by
a)
400%
b)
100%
c)
50%
d)
200%
12.
In 1942, this person greeted Carver at Tuskegee University:
a)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
b)
President Obama.
c)
President Washington.
d)
President Lincoln.
13.
GWC was supposed to speak for 10 minutes with the Congress, yet the Congress was so impressed, they allowed him to speak for
a)
15 minutes.
b)
30 minutes.
c)
1 hour.
d)
over 1.5 hours.
14.
GWC came up with use for this as well as peanuts:
a)
cotton.
b)
soybeans.
c)
candy.
d)
soda.
15.
Built in 2003, the first Ford cars interior is entirety made from polyester with "this" as a base for seats and bumper.
a)
cotton.
b)
paint
c)
metal.
d)
soybean material made into plastic.
16.
1987 soy was used to produce this:
a)
soy ink to print newspapers.
b)
cotton shirts.
c)
peanut butter.
d)
soy beans to eat.
17.
GWC lived here a quarter of his life:
a)
A mansion.
b)
A farm in Missouri.
c)
The White House.
d)
a room at Tuskegee University.
18.
Where GWC died:
a)
In Kansas.
b)
In Iowa.
c)
On his farm in Missouri.
d)
His room at Tuskegee University.
19.
In 1943, just 6 months after GWC died, President Roosevelt made this in his honor:
a)
George Washington Carver National Monument
b)
George Washington Carver Car.
c)
George Washington Carver peanuts.
d)
George Washington Carver baseball team.
20.
The GWC National Monument is located here:
a)
Iowa State University.
b)
Kansas State University.
c)
Tuskegee University.
d)
Diamond, Missouri.
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