Arms and Space Race

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

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

When and Who successfully tested the first hydrogen bomb?

• US 1st November, 1952

• USSR 1st November, 1952

• USSR 1st November, 1953

• US 1st November, 1953

Is it more likely for Cuba to be a member of NATO or the Warsaw Pact?

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis come to a conclusion?

• Both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. removed their nuclear missiles out of threatening range

• Fidel Castro was assassinated

• Cuban capital city of Havana was bombed and Fidel Castro surrendered

• The U.S. left Cuba after being struck by a submarine's nuclear torpedo

WHICH PRESIDENT WAS COMMITTED TO SENDING A MAN TO THE MOON ?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Joseph Stalin

The practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.

• Esponage

• Earnest

• Information Gainers

• Espionage