Bomb Quiz: Part 1

Harry Gold is most known for being...

• unemployed
• a chemist 
• a Soviet spy 
• grateful for a job

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The KGB recruited Harry by...

• intimidating him, then befriending 
• befriending, then blackmailing him 
• offering him lots of money 
• offering him a chance to achieve glory for the USSR

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The most important thing in Robert Oppenheimer's life was...

• money
• academic achievement 
• political success
• physics 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Neils Bohr compared the splitting of an atom to a (Sheinkin 14)...

• droplet of liquid
• cells dividing
• egg hatching
• cow giving birth

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When one atom splits, it creates additional energy causing more atoms to split. This process is called...

• a nuclear reaction
• a chain reaction
• uranium
• radioactivity

The "U Business" refers to...

• the concern of Germany withholding Uranium
• the atomic symbol for Uranium
• researching fission at Universities
• all of the above

When Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, and Otto Frisch revealed the atom could be split, scientist at conventions reacted with...

• indulgence and jubilance
• execration
• amazement and disbelief
• meh

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

President FDR pursued research on fission because...

• Alex Sach's had a meeting with him. 
• A boy in Peconic told some Hungarian scientists where Einstein lived. 
• Albert Einstein wrote a letter to him. 
• FDR kept up on the latest weapons research. 

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

In summary, the government of communism seeks to...

• appoint an intelligent king to rule
• make no private property to make everyone equal
• make society fair for everyone
• help people elect educated representatives

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

The two main groups of opponents in WWII were called...

• Good Guys and Bad Guys
• Hitler and the US
• Allies and Coordinates
• Allies and Axis