Civil Air Patrol Spaatz Exam - Aerospace
Cumulative Study Guide Questions With
Correct Answers
The ability to take advantage of air and space to move people, cargo,
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and information. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Air & Space Power
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"_________________________ donn[ed] the work clothes of a bird." - | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Emperor Shun
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Chinese god of Thunder and Lightning: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kei
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Kung
This man supposedly built a flying chariot. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ki-
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Kung-Shi
At about 500 BC, the Chinese invented this: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Kite
About 900 AD, the Chinese invented ______________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Gunpowder
,By 1100, the Chinese were using gunpowder to power simple
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_____________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rockets | | |
A legendary account of ___________________ tells the story of a man
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who strapped 47 rockets to a chair and attempted to fly to the moon. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wan Hoo | |
________________________ built wings from wax and feathers to | | | | | | | |
escape from King Minos of Crete. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Daedulus and
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Icarus
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Great Italian artist, architect, painter, and man of science made the first
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experiments on the field of aviation. 1452-1519 - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Leonardo da Vinci | |
An aircraft propelled by flapping wings, designed by Leonardo da Vinci. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ornithopter
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These three men made discoveries in the study of the atmosphere such
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as the fact that the atmosphere is a fluid, atmospheric pressure
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decreases with altitude, the invention of the barometer, and the
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invention of the air pump. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Torricelli, Von
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Guericke, and Pascal | |
,a Jesuit priest who wrote a proposal for an aerial ship, which was, in
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theory, close to the right idea of hot air balloons. he also discussed the
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need for ballast, controlled ascent and descent, and military uses for
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balloons. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Francesco de Lana
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A Jesuit priest credited with the invention of the hot air balloon in 1709.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Laurenco de Gusmao
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Henry Cavendish discovered a gas, now called hydrogen, that he called
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"flammable air." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1766
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Two papermakers from Annonay, France who first achieved manned
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flight. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier
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First flight by the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-June 5, 1783 | |
The Montgolfier brothers' second flight with a sheep, a rooster, and a
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duck inside the balloon. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-November 21, 1783
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First men to fly in a lighter-than-air aircraft over Paris, France. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes
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, JAC Charles used hydrogen to float a hot air balloon. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-August 27, 1793 | |
First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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December 1, 1783 | |
Between 1783 and 1790, _____ Flights were recorded in France alone. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-76 |
France formed an air arm to their Army, beginning to use balloons for
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reconnaissance. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1793 | | |
The first parachute jump from 3000 feet. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1797,
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Andre-Jacques Garnerin |
Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries flew across the English
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Channel. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-January 7, 1785
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Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin, wife of Andre-Jacques Garnerin, became | | | | | | |
one of the earliest women to fly in a balloon. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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November 10, 1798 | |
Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin became the first woman to parachute from | | | | | | | | |
a balloon. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-October 12, 1799
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Cumulative Study Guide Questions With
Correct Answers
The ability to take advantage of air and space to move people, cargo,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
and information. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Air & Space Power
| | | | | | |
"_________________________ donn[ed] the work clothes of a bird." - | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Emperor Shun
| |
Chinese god of Thunder and Lightning: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kei
| | | | | | | | |
Kung
This man supposedly built a flying chariot. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ki-
| | | | | | | | |
Kung-Shi
At about 500 BC, the Chinese invented this: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
Kite
About 900 AD, the Chinese invented ______________. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Gunpowder
,By 1100, the Chinese were using gunpowder to power simple
| | | | | | | | | |
_____________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rockets | | |
A legendary account of ___________________ tells the story of a man
| | | | | | | | | | |
who strapped 47 rockets to a chair and attempted to fly to the moon. -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Wan Hoo | |
________________________ built wings from wax and feathers to | | | | | | | |
escape from King Minos of Crete. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Daedulus and
| | | | | | | | |
Icarus
|
Great Italian artist, architect, painter, and man of science made the first
| | | | | | | | | | | |
experiments on the field of aviation. 1452-1519 - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Leonardo da Vinci | |
An aircraft propelled by flapping wings, designed by Leonardo da Vinci. -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ornithopter
| |
These three men made discoveries in the study of the atmosphere such
| | | | | | | | | | | |
as the fact that the atmosphere is a fluid, atmospheric pressure
| | | | | | | | | | |
decreases with altitude, the invention of the barometer, and the
| | | | | | | | | |
invention of the air pump. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Torricelli, Von
| | | | | | | | |
Guericke, and Pascal | |
,a Jesuit priest who wrote a proposal for an aerial ship, which was, in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
theory, close to the right idea of hot air balloons. he also discussed the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
need for ballast, controlled ascent and descent, and military uses for
| | | | | | | | | | |
balloons. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Francesco de Lana
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A Jesuit priest credited with the invention of the hot air balloon in 1709.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Laurenco de Gusmao
| | | | |
Henry Cavendish discovered a gas, now called hydrogen, that he called
| | | | | | | | | |
"flammable air." - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1766
| | | | |
Two papermakers from Annonay, France who first achieved manned
| | | | | | | | |
flight. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier
| | | | | |
First flight by the Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-June 5, 1783 | |
The Montgolfier brothers' second flight with a sheep, a rooster, and a
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duck inside the balloon. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-November 21, 1783
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First men to fly in a lighter-than-air aircraft over Paris, France. -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes
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, JAC Charles used hydrogen to float a hot air balloon. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-August 27, 1793 | |
First manned flight in a hydrogen balloon. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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December 1, 1783 | |
Between 1783 and 1790, _____ Flights were recorded in France alone. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-76 |
France formed an air arm to their Army, beginning to use balloons for
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
reconnaissance. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1793 | | |
The first parachute jump from 3000 feet. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1797,
| | | | | | | | | |
Andre-Jacques Garnerin |
Jean Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries flew across the English
| | | | | | | | | | |
Channel. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-January 7, 1785
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Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin, wife of Andre-Jacques Garnerin, became | | | | | | |
one of the earliest women to fly in a balloon. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
November 10, 1798 | |
Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin became the first woman to parachute from | | | | | | | | |
a balloon. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-October 12, 1799
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