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

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

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

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

• LBJ
• JFK
• DWIGHT EISENHOWER

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

The Space Race began in _____.

• 1999

• 1925

• 1955

• 2001

Which country placed the first man in space and orbited the Earth?

• The United States

• The Soviet Union

• England

• France

The race to the moon was called the ______ ________.

• Amazing Race

• Fastest Race

• Space Race

• Hardest Race

Did the United States launch their first satellite into space before or after the Soviet Union?

• Before

• After