Hidden Figures English Test 8/19

Project Mercury

The first human space flight program in the U.S.

What does segregation mean?

To separate a group from others based on race, gender, or other factors

If the human computers do not learn how to program the new IBM, then

They will lose their jobs

What major device did NASA purchase that they hoped would change things?

IBM computer

What major device did NASA purchase that they hoped would change things?

IBM computer

Dorothy Vaughan

Computer programmer and supervisor

Which person was an engineer?

Mary Jackson (first female black engineer at NASA)

The path of an object as it moves through space

Trajectory

Who were the women in this book?

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden

Sputnik

The first human-made satellite, put into space by the Russians

Speed that is faster than the speed of sound

Supersonic

What was the Civil Rights movement about?

Ending segregation and fighting for equality

NASA stands for…

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA

Founded in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent government agency responsible for the civilian space program

When did America land on the moon?

1969

The science of flying

Aeronautics

Who was the first person to orbit earth?

Yuri Gagarin

Who was the first satellite launched by? (Sputnik)

Russia

Which person was the computer scientist?

Dorothy Vaughan

What were the colored women who did the math at Langley called?

Colored Computers

Space race

The competition between nations - especially the U.S. and the Soviet Union - regarding space exploration

Who does John Glenn ask to check the coordinates?

Katherine Johnson

Who was the woman who kept taking the “colored” sign off of their cafeteria table?

Miriam Mann

John F. Kennedy

President during the Civil Rights Movement who declared segregation was illegal. The Civil Rights bill was drafted during his presidency. Assassinated in 1963.

Sputnik

The first human-made satellite, put into space by the Russians

Living Rock 9

In 1957, these 9 African-American students were the first to attend an all white school in Arkansas. They faced dangerous prejudice and had to be escorted in for the entire year.

How did the end of WW2 show that there wasn’t really any improvements in racism or discrimination?

Soon after the war, businesses began only hiring white people

Headings

Tells you what the section of text will be about

As segregation with computers and engineers at Langley became less strict and NASA brought computers, how did that change Dorothy’s job?

Dorothy no longer managed the women, but she managed electronic computers because all of the women left to become engineers or were unable to catch up with computers

Who were the women in this book?

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden