Space Race review

Space Race review

5th Grade

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5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Space Race was a part of what war?  

Vietnam War
World War II
Cold War
Afghanistan War

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which country was the first to put a satellite into space?

France

Japan

United States

Soviet Union

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?

Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
Yuri Gagarin  
Buzz Aldrin

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the ____ ____ , the United States and the Soviet Union engaged a competition to see who had the best technology in space.

Blue Moon

Cold War

Civil War

None of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Space Race was considered important because...

it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and economic system.

the Soviet Union was much more advanced in science and technology.

the United States is the largest country in the world.

we had an opportunity to win many medals.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Sputnik I was the name of the first successful satellite built by the _________ on October 4, 1957.

Canadians

South Americans

The Soviet Union

the United States

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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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

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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President John F Kennedy claimed that by the end of the decade, the US would...

Go to Mercury

Go to Mars

Go to Jupiter

Go to the Moon