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Space Race

Authored by Natalie Strohl

History

9th - 12th Grade

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Space Race
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happened on October 4, 1957?

The Soviet Union launched a missile at the United States

The United States launched a missile at the Soviet Union

The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik

The United States launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was so scary about Sputnik?

No manmade technology had ever been launched into space

The same technology that launched Sputnik could be used to launch a nuclear warhead at any city on the planet

Nobody knew where it would land if it fell back to Earth

There was nothing scary about Sputnik

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the president of the United States during the Sputnik launch?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Franklin D. Roosevelt

John F. Kennedy

Barack H. Obama

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What marked the end of the space race?

NASA ran out of money

The Soviet Union lost interest

The leaders of the two nations agreed to collaborate

The space race continues to this day

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one of these advancements is NOT directly related to the space program?

Memory foam in mattresses

Freeze dried foods

Light-emitting diode therapy

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