"Women in Aviation" Test Part 2

What was Harriet Quimby's distinction?

• 1st american woman to serve in the military

• 1st American woman to earn pilot's license

• 1st american woman to win a nobel prize

• 1st american woman to fly solo across the atlantic

An exhibition is a type of

• performance

• proficiency

• incremental

• production

According to the text, why did the U.S. lag behind Europe in developing a strong aviation program?

• The u.s. had fewer resources for aviation technology

• European leaders understood the commercial and military advantages

• Europe had more experienced pilots than the u.s.

• The u.s. focused more on land transportation

How do you support a conclusion?

• text evidence

• summarization of the text

• inference

• context clues

What factor contributed to the deaths of Quimby and Coleman?

• european leaders understood the commercial and military advantages

• lack of safety precautions

• any fictional novel or short story

• performance

Why is Bessie Coleman an important figure?

• 1st african-american to win an olympic gold medal

• 1st African-American to earn pilot's license

• 1st African-american to become a doctor

• 1st african-american to serve as a u.s. senator

Why did Bessie Coleman go to France to learn to fly?

• She was seeking a more advanced flight school

• She wanted to escape her family obligations

• She wanted to join a military aviation program

• Racial prejudice was less restrictive

Match the following

• First African American woman to earn a pilot's license

• Bessie Coleman

• First woman solo balloon flight

• Sophie Blanchard

• First woman to earn a pilot license

• Amelia Earhart

• Most famous woman aviator

• Eugene Jacques Bullard

• First African American military pilot

• Harriet Quimby