NAME: _____________________________ BIG QUIZ -- LESSON 3-1 AND 3-2 Choose the BEST answer to each question. 1. What do historians call the aviation years between 1919 and 1939? a. b. c. d. The “new age of aviation.” The “golden age of aviation.” The “great depression of aviation.” The “barnstorming era of aviation.” 2. What happened to aircraft production in the U.S. after World War I? a. b. c. d. Boomed Remained steady Dropped by 85 percent Saw an increase in commercial investment 3. What do historians give barnstormers credit for? a. b. c. d. Preparing for World War II Establishing the precursor to the modern circus Sustaining the aviation industry during its early years Entertaining many Americans during the Great Depression 4. How did barnstorming impact “average” Americans? a. b. c. d. Demonstrated that flying was very safe Horrific accidents made most Americans afraid of flying Raised public awareness of aviation and hinted at the promise of the future Was nothing new since most Americans had already seen airplanes in action 5. What was the background of many of the barnstormers? a. farmers b. mechanics c. army pilots d. racecar drivers 6. Which famous aviator was a barnstormer at the beginning of his/her career? a. Billy Mitchell b. Amelia Earhart c. Jimmy Doolittle d. Charles Lindbergh 7. What became more reliable during the barnstorming era? a. aircraft engines b. commercial airlines c. air traffic control centers d. government’s funding for aviation 8. Who began to offer prizes for the first pilot to achieve a certain goal? a. b. c. d. The U.S. Congress colleges and universities wealthy aviation enthusiasts The Wright Brothers Foundation 9. What goal did Calbraith Perry Rodgers attempt so he could win $50,000? a. b. c. d. Flying solo across the Pacific Ocean Flying nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean Flying across the United States in 30 days or less Flying from New York City to Miami in record time 10. Who did Orville Wright call “the greatest pilot of all time”? a. b. c. d. Glenn Curtiss Bessie Coleman Lincoln Beachey Charles Lindbergh 11. Which female barnstormer ran her own flying circus? a. b. c. d. Margery Brown Harriet Quimby Bessie Coleman Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie 12. _________________ advanced both aviation and polar exploration. a. Richard Byrd b. Amelia Earhart c. Anthony Fokker d. Charles Lindbergh 13. What is the term for something designed with rounded edges to reduce wind drag? a. aerial b. aerodynamic c. drag resistant d. center of pressure 14. What do people today use the word milestone to describe? a. b. c. d. Mile markers in a race A precious kind of stone Breaking a record in a race An important event or breakthrough 15. Where was Charles Lindbergh’s plane built? a. b. Chicago St Louis c. San Diego d. New York 16. Which famous aviator was first a passenger on a transatlantic flight? a. b. Amelia Earhart Charles Lindbergh c. Anne Morrow Lindbergh d. 1st Lt James Harold Doolittle 17. In aviation lingo, a/an _____________ is a route that passes through one or more points and then returns to the starting point? a. circuit b. waypoint c. aerial track d. aerial pathway 18. When Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Pacific Ocean on her longest leg of her around-theworld flight, she took off from ______________ enroute to Howland Island. a. Hawaii b. New Guinea c. Japan d. The Phillipines 19. 1st Lt James Harold Doolittle was the first to achieve __________________ flight. a. blind b. transpacific c. transatlantic d. transcontinental 20. What is spatial disorientation? a. b. c. d. A condition in which a person is mentally ill A condition in which a person’s vision cannot accurately estimate size A condition in which a person’s sense of direction does not agree with reality A condition in which a person is confused and unable to focus or see the horizon 21. Before the development of cockpit instruments, pilots used the __________________ to orient themselves in flight. a. sun b. ground c. equator d. horizon 22. What did Sgt William C. Ocker invent to help him stay oriented while flying? a. special glasses b. aviation compass c. turn-and-bank indicator d. air traffic control system 23. Which famous airplane demonstrated the practicality of in-flight refueling? a. b. The Autogiro The Friendship c. The Question Mark d. The Spirit of St. Louis 24. A/An ________________ was an early, helicopter-like aircraft. a. autogiro b. heliplane c. aerial screw d. rotor-machine 25. Maj Carl Spaatz set an endurance record by staying aloft for _________________ days. a. 1 b. 3 c. 6 d. 10 26. When did the Post Office Department start the first airmail service? a. 1914 b. 1917 c. 1918 d. 1926 27. In a two-year period after the beginning of Airmail Service from New York to Chicago, there were 23 pilot deaths. The Airmail Service became known as the ________________ Club. a. Suicide b. Pony Express c. Courage d. Dead End 28. The first transcontinental airmail service in Feb 1921 went from ___________ to Chicago. a. New York b. Philadelphia c. San Francisco d. Washington DC 29. In addition to mail, what did new aviation companies begin to carry for the first time in 1925? a. food b. passengers c. human organs d. military and civilian cargo 30. By the 1930s, the government began to have the major passenger airlines deliver mail in addition to passengers. Which of the following was not one of the major airlines durikng this period? a. United b. Eastern c. Trans World d. Virgin Atlantic