Space Race

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 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.

The Space Race began in _____.

• 1999

• 1925

• 1955

• 2001

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

• Canadians

• South Americans

• Russians

• the United States

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

• The United States

• The Soviet Union

• England

• France

Yuri Gagarin was a cosmonaut from the _________ __________.

• Soviet Union

• Great Plains

• United States

• Big Easy

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

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

• Buzz Aldrin

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• None of these