| A | B |
|---|
| plantation | large cotton farm |
| fungus | a plant disease |
| "JIm Crow" car | car reserved for "blacks" only |
| yucca | a desert plant |
| zoology | study of animals |
| Civil War | the war between the states |
| slaves | one that works without pay |
| agriculture | study of the soil |
| botony | study of the plants |
| accordion | a musical instrument |
| night riders | stole and sold slaves |
| corn dodgers | treat made of cornbread,onions, and bacon |
| synthetics | a product that is man-made not natural |
| nitrogen | gas that plants need to grow |
| Royal Society of the Arts | Carver was voted into this group in 1916 |
| Aunt Susan | gave George a blue spelling book |
| Wizard of Tuskegee | nickname given to George at a college in Alabama |
| Washington | name selected as George's middle name |
| Bentley | Union scout that found the infant George |
| Mary | George's Mother |
| Plant Doctor | nickname given to George by the people of Diamond Grove |
| Booker T. Washington | hired George to teach at Tuskegee Normal School |
| Miss Budd | George's art teacher that suggested that he become a scientist |
| Mr. and Mrs. Milholland | they were able to help George go to Simpson College |
| Mrs. Payne | taught George to cook and then hired him |
| Aunt Lucy and Uncle Chris | George moved with them to Minneapolis, Kansas |
| Moses Carver | George's owner |
| Mariah Watkins | She gave George a Bible |
| Carver's George | George's name in Diamond Grove |
| Mrs. Baynham | George saved her roses and then she introduced him to art |
| Iowa State | George was the first black man to graduate from here |
| Fort Scott | Where George saw a black man killed |
| Diamond Grove | George's birthplace |
| Simpson College | College George entered at 26 |
| Minneapolis, Kansas | Where George started his first laundry |
| Winterset,Iowa | town where George met the Milhollands |
| Olathe, Kansas | Where George met Aunt Lucy and Uncle Chris |
| Neosho | Town where George went to school when he was 10 years old |
| Schultz Hotel | George worked here as a cook for several months |
| Western Kansas | george would have free land here if he farmed it for 5 years |
| Highland, Kansas | City of the college that rejected George because of his race |
| Lincoln School | A United Stated government school for blacks |
