
The Space Race
History, Social Studies
7th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
After World War II, from what country did the United States and the Soviet Union get many of their rocket scientists?
France
Germany
Japan
China
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is considered to be the starting point of the Space Race?
When President Kennedy announced U.S. plans to put a man on the moon.
When the U.S. created NASA to explore space.
When USSR launched the satellite Sputnik.
When American astronaut Alan Shepherd reached outer space.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
___________ was the first satellite launched into space.
Vangaurd
Explorer 1
Sputnik 1
Orbitor1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which is not a true statement about the launch of Sputnik.
Showed that the Soviets now had the technology to launch ICBMs from Europe to the US
The US developed DERPA and NASA in responce
It was the first event of the Space Race
It was a European Satellite
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which president established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Michael Collins
Buzz Aldrin
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In 1961, John F. Kennedy challenged the US to put a man on the moon by the end of __________.
the year
the decade
1970
the 20th Century
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