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African American Inventors

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was a scientist and loved to study plants. He developed over 300 ways to use peanuts!

a)

Otis Boykin

b)

George Washington Carver

2.

This inventor worked at NASA & built spacecrafts. He is also famous for inventing the super soaker water gun.

a)

Lonnie Johnson

b)

Alexander Miles

3.

She was the first African American woman to be a millionaire selling her hair care products.

a)

Madam C J Walker

b)

Dr. Betty Harris

4.

Garrett Morgan invented this to make sure firefighters are safe from harmful gas they are exposed to. What is it?

a)

Umbrella

b)

Gas Mask

5.

Garrett Morgan invented something that keeps us safe on the road. What is it?

a)

Windshield wipers

b)

Traffic Light

6.

What is the name of the first African American Woman to go into space in 1992?

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Dr. Patricia Bath

7.

This inventor and surveyor constructed the first clock in the US in 1753. He was also commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to help survey and develop the layout of Washington, D.C.

a)

Benjamin Banneker

b)

William Purvis

8.

This inventor became the originator of the home security system in 1966.

a)

Otis Boykin

b)

Marie Brown

9.

Dr. Charles Drew thought of and organized something that saves millions of lives. What did he invent?

a)

Blood Bank

b)

The Lottery

10.

He is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, &former NASA astronaut who was the first African American in space in 1983.

a)

Guion Bluford

b)

Jacob Lawrence

11.

He was a carpenter and inventor in Fall River, Massachusetts best known for patenting a portable pencil sharpener known as the "Love Sharpener."

a)

John Love

b)

Thomas Jennings

12.

Like a good water gun battle John Woo style? You can thank this NASA engineer for inventing the Super Soaker.

a)

Lonnie G. Johnson

b)

Otis Boykin

13.

Thomas L. Jennings was the frist African-American to receive a patent. What invention was it for?

a)

A cotton spinner

b)

A dry cleaning process

14.

This inventor discovered more than 300 uses for the peanut and developed a crop rotation method for southern farmers. Who was he?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Lewis Latimer

15.

This person is an award-winning African-American inventor, physicist, and space scientist. He invented the ultraviolet camera/spectograph for NASA to use when it launched Apollo 16 in 1972.

a)

George Carruthers

b)

Garrett Morgan

16.

This person was the inventor of the automatic shoe laster, which revolutionized the shoemaking industry.

a)

Gerald Lawson

b)

Jan Ernst Matzeliger

17.

This self made millionaire invented a cream to help hair grow back.

a)

Marie Brown

b)

Madam C. J. Walker

18.

After accidently slicing potatoes too thin, he created the potato chip.

a)

George Crum

b)

Lewis Latimer

19.

This person invented a device that revolutionized sugar processing.

a)

Norbert Rillieux

b)

Garrett Morgan

20.

American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, author, writer and editor. First African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard. Helped create NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in 1909

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

W.E.B. DuBois