Arms Race and Space Race

How did the Soviet Union gain access to nuclear weapons in 1949?

• They used kidnapped German scientists to continue Nazi research into atomic weapons.

• Soviet scientists figured it out on their own.

• Soviet satellites captured images of US nuclear silos

• Soviet spies stole US nuclear secrets that the Soviets copied.

In 1952 the US tested "Ivy Mike" a more powerful atomic weapon the Soviets later copied called a-

• Megaton Bomb

• ICBM- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

• Hydrogen Bomb

• Nuclear Defense Grid

Which of these describes the "Arms Race?"

• The United States and Soviet Union competing to make superior sattelites

• The US and Soviet Union fighting over space technology

• The US and Soviet Union competing to make more powerful nuclear weapons

• The population boom competition between the US and Soviet Union

Why couldn't the US and Soviet Union get into a major war after the 1950s?

• They would have no support from NATO or the Warsaw Pact if they did

• The United Nations would kick these founding members out for going to war

• It would cause mutually assured destruction (M.A.D.) killing everyone

• It would cause the rest of the world to declare war on both sides

How did the Soviets begin the "Space Race" which started in 1957?

• They launched the first ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)

• They launched the first artificial satellite named Sputnik into space

• They created the first space station

• They produced the largest hydrogen bomb ever

Why did the launch of Sputnik frighten many in the United States?

• It meant the Soviet Union could stop all nuclear attacks sent their way

• It made them feel they fell behind the Soviets in technology and they had more powerful nuclear rockets

• They believed the USSR would soon declare war on the US

• It made Americans feel an impending invasion of US soil was happening

How did the United States work to challenge the Soviet Union in the "Space Race" after Sputnik?

• They sent spies to copy Soviet space secrets

• War was declared on the Soviet Union

• The US put nuclear missiles closer to the Soviet Union

• NASA was created and the US spent more on math and science education to make engineers.

President John F Kennedy set the US goal to win the Space Race by declaring the US would go to-

• Mecury

• Mars

• Jupiter

• The Moon

What happened in 1969 ending the Space Race?

• The US sent is own satellites into Space

• John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth

• The US sent the first robotic rover to Mars

• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on The Moon

Which of these is NOT technology that came from the efforts of the Space Race?

• Satellites, Football Helmets

• GPS Technology, Enriched Foods

• Fuel-efficient car engines, enhanced grip shoes

• Sunglasses, Smoke Detectors