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I am the first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
100
I am the first American to enter space.
Who is Alan Shepard?
100
I invented the integrated silicon circuit, or microchip, used in calculators, computers, and watches.
Who is Jack Kilby?
100
I am the first reusable space vehicle.
What is the space shuttle?
100
I am the first artificial satellite put into space by the Soviet Union.
What is Sputnik?
200
I am the first human to enter outer space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
200
In 1962, I orbited the earth three times and later flew the space shuttle.
Who is Senator John Glenn?
200
I became the youngest CEO of a fortune 500 company when my computer company based in Round Rock, Texas became successful in the 1990s.
Who is Michael Dell?
200
I am the place for mission control at the Manned Space Program Center.
What is Houston?
200
I revolutionized the oil industry by inventing the rotary drill bit which made oil drilling much easier.
Who is Howard Hughes, Sr.?
300
I am the first female pediatric surgeon in the state of Texas.
Who is Dr. Benjy Brooks?
300
I gave a speech at Rice University in Houston calling for America to land on the moon by 1970.
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
300
New machinery, improved use of insecticides and pesticides, and farmers using crop irrigation methods.
What is agricultural technology?
300
We are the three primary space programs on a quest to land on the moon.
What are the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs?
300
This time period is characterized by scientific discoveries and technological innovations.
What is the Contemporary Texas Era?
400
I oversaw the space shuttle program that began in 1981.
Who is President Ronald Reagan?
400
I piloted Apollo 7 as the second civilian astronaut and provided the first live television transmission from space.
Who is Walter Cunningham?
400
This organization was formed to reduce environmental pollution in Texas in the 1960s.
What is the Texas Air Control Board?
400
Example: NASA's reliance on Texas instruments to supply microchips for its space technology.
What is interdependence?
400
Example: Industries that experience times of economic prosperity followed by sharp economic downfalls.
What is a boom and bust cycle?
500
I'm credited with performing the first total artificial heart transplant in the world.
Who is Dr. Denton Cooley?
500
I became a billionaire when I started EDS and I later ran for U.S. president in 1992 and 1996.
Who is H. Ross Perot?
500
Texas's response to OPEC's oil supply cut-off to the United States.
What is oil drilling in Texas?
500
I am the code name for the moon during the Apollo 11 space mission.
What is Tranquility Base?
500
In the 1970s, this event resulted in high gas prices, gas rationing, and gas station closings on Sundays.
What is OPEC energy crisis?