Early Life
Where was George Washington Carver born?
Diamond, Missouri
At an early age Carver showed an interest in _______.
Answers may vary.
Nature and plants
What agricultural product did George Washington Carver famously promote as a crop for farmers to grow?
Peanuts
Carver was friends with this famous car manufacturer.
Henry Ford
"It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply ________ that measures success."
service
What did George Washington Carver do when he was a young boy to support himself?
Household chores, such as cooking, cleaning, and gardening.
What other subject, besides agriculture, was George Washington Carver interested in studying at college?
art
Carver created over ________ uses for the peanut.
300
How did George Washington Carver lose his mother?
She was kidnapped.
"When you do the common things in life in an __________ way, you will command the attention of the world."
uncommon
Why did George Washington Carver leave home at a young age?
To further his education
What was one of George Washington Carver's biggest challenges when he first went to college?
Facing racism as the first black student at Iowa State
What famous university did George Washington Carver work at for most of his career?
Tuskegee University
Carver did not have a wife or children so when he died his entire fortune went to ____________.
Tuskegee University
His tombstone says
"He could have added _________ to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world."
fortune
What was the name of the family that raised George Washington Carver after he was orphaned?
Moses and Mary Carver
Where did George Washington Carver go to college to study agriculture?
Iowa State Agricultural College
Time magazine called Carver "The Black ______"
Leonardo
Who invited Carver to work at Tuskegee University?
Booker T. Washington
"I am learning all the time. The ________ will be my diploma."
tombstone
Which college accepted Carver and treated him as "a human being"?
Simpson College
Who is credited with teaching George about plants and their ability to cure illness?
Moriah Watkins
How did George Washington Carver help farmers in the southern United States?
How did George Washington Carver’s college professor, Louis Pammel, influence his career?
He mentored Carver and encouraged him to pursue a career in agriculture
"I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, its form, its life—its _________ for being."
reason