Space Nukes

8(B)

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the -

• United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to sent troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

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8B

8(B)

Which of the following was a direct result of the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1?

• The United States began a period of technology sharing with the Soviet Union.

• The U.S. government founded a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.

• The Soviet Union was unable to collect images of the United States from space.

• The Soviet government collapsed because of economic competition.

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2B

27(A)

These technological advances can all be traced back to which industry?

• Telecommunications

• Energy

• Aerospace

• Transportation

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27A

27(A)

Which factor links all of these modern innovations?

• They are all products initially created for use in the U.S. communications industry.

• THey each include material that was first grown on U.S. experimental farms in the late nineteenth century.

• They each include technology that was originally developed for use in the U.S. space exploration program.

• They are all special tools first created for U.S. transportation workers in the twentieth century.

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27A

27(A)

What is one way to describe the developments shown above?

• Effects of programs to monitor national security

• Conclusions from research conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency

• Program results of the Federal Civil Defense Administration

• Practical applications of technologies developed for spaceflight

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27A