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WorksheetsCelebrating Black History: 16 Black Leaders in Tech
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who was known as the 'Black Edison' and held nearly 60 patents?
Granville Woods
Katherine Johnson
Otis Boykin
Thomas Edison
Katherine Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 by President ____. A) Kennedy B) Obama C) Bush D) Clinton.
Kennedy
Obama
Bush
Clinton
Which inventor held 26 patents and worked with the Majestic Radio and TV Corporation?
Granville Woods
Katherine Johnson
Otis Boykin
Thomas Edison
Who became the second African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1949?
Melba Roy Mouton
Evelyn Boyd Granville
Roy Clay Sr.
Katherine Johnson
Melba Roy Mouton worked as a 'human computer' at NASA and eventually became the Head of Computer Programming. She received an Apollo Achievement Award and an ________ Performance Award.
Exceptional
Outstanding
Excellent
Superior
Who was Annie J Easley and what was her most famous work?
A Black NASA scientist known for her work on the Centaur rocket
A computer programmer who developed the first personal computer
A mathematician who invented the internet
A physicist who discovered the theory of relativity.
Frank Greene is often hailed as one of the 'first Black technologists.' He developed high-speed semiconductor computer-memory systems in the 1960s at ________.
NASA
Fairchild Semiconductor R&D Labs
IBM
Microsoft
Who was one of the first African-American women to earn a doctorate from MIT?
Valerie Thomas
Clarence "Skip" Ellis
Dr. Shirley Jackson
Katherine Johnson
Valerie Thomas worked at NASA from 1964 to 1995 and was known for developing the first satellite to send images from space. What is the name of this satellite?
Hubble
Landsat
Voyager
Galileo
Clarence "Skip" Ellis was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in computer science. He worked on the development of which supercomputer?
ENIAC
ILLIAC IV
Cray-1
IBM Blue Gene
Dr. Shirley Jackson was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in _______ at MIT.
nuclear physics
computer science
aerospace engineering
mathematics
Who is credited with paving the way for major technological innovations in the telecommunication space, including the touch-tone telephone and fiber-optic cable?
John W. Thompson
Dr. Jackson
Marc Regis Hannah
Dr. Mark Dean
John W. Thompson became the Chairman of which major tech company in 2014?
IBM
Microsoft
Apple
Marc Regis Hannah co-founded which company that became known for its computer graphics technology?
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Virtual Instruments
Symantec
Industrial Light & Magic
Dr. Mark Dean is known as a prominent figure in ________.
telecommunication
computer science
electrical engineering
visual effects
Who is the inventor of Lingo, a scripting language used in computer programs?
Lisa Gelobter
John Henry Thompson
Mark Zuckerberg
Bill Gates
Lisa Gelobter is known for pioneering which internet technology?
Java
Flash
Shockwave
HTML
What does the word 'abundant' mean?
Scarce
Plentiful
Rare
Insufficient
Fill in the blank: The garden was _______ with flowers, making it a beautiful sight.
scarce
abundant
rare
insufficient
Which sentence in this article provides text evidence for the inference that the Montgolfier brothers used hot air to lift their balloon?
