Hidden Figures Book Exam
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- Q1Which federal agency researched and promoted the study of flight?National Archives and Records AdministrationNational Advisory Committee for Aerospace EngineeringNational Advisory Committee for AeronauticsUS Environmental Protection Agency30s
- Q2Which president believed in the importance of air power and in 1941 increased airplane production?Franklin RooseveltJohn F KennedyHerbert HooverLyndon B Johnson30s
- Q3Which Aeronautical Labratory did the mathematicians work?Langley MemorialGoddard Space CenterCape CanaveralJohnson Space Center30s
- Q4Most women who graduated from college became ...LawyersEngineersTeachersSecretaries30s
- Q5Who was the first African American woman to become an engineer at the NACA?Christine DardenDorothy VaughnKatherine JohnsonMary Jackson30s
- Q6Who helped do the math that would help send the first man into orbit/space?Dorothy VaughnKatherine JohnsonMary JacksonChristine Darden30s
- Q7Who was an African American woman leading expert on supersonic flight?Mary JacksonKatherine JohnsonChristine DardenDorothy Vaughn30s
- Q8Which war became an opportunity for African Americans to make a better life for themselves?World War 2Cold WarCivil WarWorld War 130s
- Q9What is the science of matter, energy, and motion?AlgebraPhysicsEngineeringBiology30s
- Q10What were the female mathematicians at Langley called?ScientistsLeadsEngineersComputers30s
- Q11Which group of computers were all white?East AreaWest Area30s
- Q12What did James Thompson mean when he wrote, "Let colored Americans adopt the double VV for double victory?"Victory in war and civil rightsVictory in the space race and educationVictory in war and athleticsVictory in segregation and space race30s
- Q13Which country challenged America in air supremacy and essentially created the Space Race?CanadaRussiaGermanyJapan30s
- Q14Where was mission control located during Project Mercury (1960)?Port CanaveralMississippiHoustonLangley30s
- Q15Which US Supreme Court Case ruled that segregation on interstate buses was illegal?Brown v. Board of EducationMorgan v. VirginiaMorgan v. MorganBrown v. Virginia30s