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Black History Month Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

George Carver devised over 100 products such as dyes, plastics, and gasoline using which major crop?

a)

coconut

b)

peanut

c)

wheat

d)

corn

2.

What was Gladys West contribution to the world?

a)

An

accurate model of the Earth which used as

the foundation for the creation of the

Global Positioning System (GPS)

b)

She

manufactured beauty product for other

African-American women

c)

computers

d)

soap

3.

In what movie Mae Jemison appeared?

a)

Star Trek Beyond

b)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

c)

Star Trek Into Darkness

d)

Star Trek VI: The undiscovered Country

4.

Who is the scientist who studied the relationship between cholesterol and heart health?

a)

Marie Daly

b)

Mark Dean

c)

Mae Jemison

d)

Katherine Johnson

5.

Which scientist became the first African American woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States?

a)

Gladys West

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

Marie Maynard Daly

d)

Sarah Breedlove Walker

6.

What is the occupation of Dorothy Johnson Vaughan?

a)

Engineer, Physician and

NASA astronaut

b)

Mathematician

c)

Chemist, Researcher and

Activist

d)

Mathematician and

Computer programmer

7.

Which of the following scientists is not a mathematician?

a)

Mae Carol Jemison

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

Gladys West

d)

Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

8.

Which of the following scientist was born on September 20, 1910?

a)

Sarah Walker

b)

Mark Dean

c)

Dorothy Vaughan

d)

Marie Daly

9.

She is NASA's first African-American manager.

a)

Dorothy Vaughan

b)

Mae Carol Jemison

c)

Katherine Johnson

d)

Gladys West

10.

She is the first female self-made millionaire in America by developing and marketing a line of cosmetics and hair care products for black women.

a)

Marie M.Daly

b)

Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

c)

Sarah Breedlove Walker

d)

Gladys West

11.

Who is the first African American female astronaut?

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

Sarah Breedlove Walker

d)

Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

12.

Gladys West is an American mathematician who is known for her work that contributed to the development of _____________.

a)

NASA

b)

GPS

c)

facebook

d)

twitter

13.

Which of the following scientists was honored with the Black Engineer of the

Year President's award and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame?

a)

George Washing Carver

b)

Gladys West

c)

Mark E. Dean

d)

Sarah Breedlove Walker

14.

Which of the following scientists worked with Dorothy Vaughan as mathematician in which is now known as NASA?

a)

Mae Carol Jemison

b)

Gladys West

c)

Marie M.Daly

d)

Katherine Johnson

15.

Who was born in Sutherland, Virginia on October 27, 1930?

a)

Gladys West

b)

Marie M. Daly

c)

Mae Carol Jemison

d)

Mark E. Dean