WorksheetsKatherine Johnson-What Do You Know?!
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What did Katherine's father own?
a farm
a bank
a store
When Katherine was little, what did most African American girls do after eighth grade?
go to ninth grade
learned to drive
helped their families
What was Katherine's first job?
research mathematician
French teacher and piano teacher
physicist
What country did the US compete with in the "Space Race?"
the Soviet Union
Canada
France
What did Katherine do for Freedom 7?
trained the astronauts
calculated the flight path
designed the rockets
What did Katherine help NASA achieve?
mankind's first step on the moon
the first American orbiting the Earth
Both
Before Katherine, how many women had been allowed to attend NASA briefing meetings?
none
one
ten
What did Katherine work on until 1986?
every NASA space mission before she retired
Apollo 11
Sputnik
Every morning before she retired, Katherine wanted to do what?
quit her job
earn recognition
go to work
According to Katherine, you can learn if what?
you're lucky
you want to
you know how
