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Black History Month: Inventors

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was a scientist and loved to study plants discovering over 300 hundred uses for peanuts including chili sauce, shampoo, shaving cream and glue.

a)

George Washington

b)

Lonnie G. Johnson

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Barack Obama

2.

2.

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

a)

Madam Walker

b)

Lonnie G. Johnson

c)

Mae Jemison

d)

Jonnie L. Gonson

3.

First African American woman to be a millionaire selling hair products. She created a cream to help hair grow back.

a)

Madam C J Walker

b)

Madam D J Walker

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Marilyn Monroe

4.

Garrett Morgan invented the ___________________ to make sure firemen are safe from harmful gas

a)

Gas Tank

b)

Gas Mask

c)

Gas Pump

d)

Oxygen Mask

5.

Garrett Morgan also invented the ________________ that keep us safe on the road.

a)

Seat belt

b)

Traffic Light

c)

Radio

d)

Street lights

6.

This woman is responsible for invented the ironing board.

a)

Patricia Board

b)

Sarah Reese

c)

Sarah Boone

d)

Sarah Walker

7.

He invented the ultraviolet camera

a)

George Carruthers

b)

Garrett Morgan

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Rodney Kodak

8.

This chef accidentally created the potato chips in 1853 after accidentally slicing potatoes too thin.

answer choices

a)

Herman Lays

b)

George Crum

c)

Joseph Pringles

d)

Johannes Willards

9.

_______ invented the pencil sharpener.

a)

John Lee Love

b)

Carter G. Woodson

c)

John Pencil

d)

Hebert Banderson

10.

Who invented call waiting?

a)

Norbert Rillieux

b)

Shirley Jackson

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

John Ranganathan