Chapter 10 Social Studies

What is Huntsville, Alabama known for?

• Space and Rocket Center

• Rosa Parks Museum

• The Vulcan

• USS Alabama

The name of the Russian Satellite that launched in 1957 is _________.

• Sputnik

• Mercury

• Putin

• Boris

Who launched the satellite named Sputnik in 1957?

• Russia

• China

• United States

• Slovenia

What does the acronym NASA stand for?

• National Aeronautics and Space Association
• National Aerospace and Space Administration
• National Aviation and Space Agency
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

What was the name of the first Astronaut in space?

• Yuri Gagarin
• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• Alan Shepard

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong
• John Glenn
• Michael Collins
• Buzz Aldrin

Relating to the Moon

• Solar
• Celestial
• Stellar
• Lunar

What was the war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam in which North Vietnam believed in Communist rule and South Vietnam did not called?

• Communist War

• The North South War

• Korean War
• Vietnam War

What was the war between North Korea and South Korea over different views about how the government should be run called?

• Vietnam War

• Peninsula War

• Asian War

• Korean War

What was the major conflict led by the United States to prevent oil reserves from falling under the dictatorship of Iraq called?

• Persian Gulf War

• Desert Storm
• Iraq War

• Oil Reserve War