Space race

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 
• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

HOW DID THE U.S. WIN THE SPACE RACE?  

• LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE 
• LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE
• THE 1ST ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
• JOHN GLENN ORBITING THE EARTH

WHO WAS THE 1ST SOVIET COSMONAUT TO ORBIT  THE EARTH ?  

• JOHN GLENN
• VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
• YURI GAGARIN
• PAVEL POPOVICH

WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL DID THE U.S. USE TO LAUNCH INTO SPACE BEFORE HUMANS ?  

• CATS
• MONKEYS
• SNAKES
• DOGS

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

• LBJ
• JFK
• DWIGHT EISENHOWER

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

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

Which event happened before Russia sent the dog Laika into space?

• Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

• The U.S. sent their first satellite, Explorer 1 into space.

• Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth.

• Russia launched Sputnik 1 into space.