Part 1: Three-Way Race

 Nuclear_______________ occurs when the nucleus of an atom splits, usually into two pieces. This reaction was discovered when a target of uranium was bombarded by _____________.

• fusion, protons
• fission, protons
• fusion, neutrons
• fission, neutrons

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Who was responsible for influencing President Roosevelt to form the Uranium Committee?

• Robert Oppenheimer
• Albert Einstein
• Harry Gold
• Semyon Semyonov

Who is this physicist?

• Luis Alvarez
• Leo Szilard
• Robert Oppenheimer
• Otto Hahn

What is tradecraft?

• The art of spying
• The resistance movement
• Uranium Committee
• A name for the KGB

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the United States at 

• Pearl Harbor
• Normandy Beach
• New York City
• Alaska

Harry Gold was recruited to become a spy and courier for the Soviets.

• True
• False

Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner are credited with discovering nuclear fission.

• True
• False

Who was rising to power in Germany?

• Josef Stalin
• Winston Churchill
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Adolf Hitler

The United States and the Soviet Union were allies that completely trusted one another by freely sharing information on how to construct an atomic weapon.

• True
• False

Knut Haukelid was a member of the __________________ resistance movement.

• Soviet
• Nazi
• British
• Norwegian