Unit 9 Concept Checkpoint #4

What started the Nuclear Arms Race between the U.S. & The Soviet Union?

• Japan building nuclear weapons

• The soviet Union built their own nuclear weapons

• China building their own nuclear weapons

• Africa building their own nuclear weapons

True or False The U.S. was the first superpower and the Soviet Union was the second

• True

• False

Both the U.S. and the S.U. built ______ which could be launched around the world.

• brinkmanship

• Office of Civilian Defense

• mutually assured destruction

• Inter-continental Ballistic Missiles

What did the Office of Civilian Defense do to help make people aware of what to do if a nuclear attack happened?

• Distributed DVD's

• Distributed lessons to the government

• distributed pamphlets and videos

• Taught lessons in schools

What was the idea of mutually assured destruction?

• hope that if both countries built enough weapons it would deter war

• hope that if both countries built enough weapons it would deter peace

• hope that if both countries built enough weapons it would deter friendship

• hope that if one country build up their weapons another would not

What president used the idea of brinkmanship to prevent war?

• Truman

• Kennedy

• Eisenhower

• Clinton

US would defend Middle East against attack by any communist country

• Truman Doctrine

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Marshall Plan

• Eisenhower Doctrine

The Space Race led to the development of what program?

• OCP

• NAACP

• NASA

• Sncc

What was the first artificial satellite called (this was developed by the Soviets)?

• Sputnik

• Apollo

• Apollo 13

• Challenger

Who were the first two men to land on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

• Buzz Lightyear & Woody

• Kennedy and Nixon

• Neil Armstrong and Kennedy