Arms Race, Space Race, & The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Space Race was a part of what war?  

• Vietnam War
• World War II
• Cold War
• Afghanistan War

What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?

• Sputnik I
• Vostok I
• Apollo 11
• Explorer I

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

• Neil Armstrong
• John Glenn
• Yuri Gagarin  
• Buzz Aldrin

What was the true major concern of the opposing forces in the Space Race?

• One country would land on the moon first

• One country would claim the other planets before another could

• One country would have military dominance using space weaponry

Which president established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

After Sputnik, the U.S. was afraid that the USSR

• Would be spying on them

• Had better scientists

• Had a missile that could send a nuclear bomb all the way from Russia

What U.S. President call for America send man to the moon?

• Abraham Lincoln
• John F. Kennedy
• Richard Nixon
• Ronald Regan

Who was the First Person in space?

• Yuri A. Gargarin
• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• Alan B. Sheppard

The threat of an atomic attack against the United States forced Americans to prepare for a surprise attack. Although Americans tried to protect themselves, experts realized that for every person killed instantly by a nuclear blast, four more would later die from fallout, the radiation left over after the blast. Some families built ___________ in their backyards and stocked them with canned food.

• Fallout Shelters

• Chicken Coops

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• It started the space race.

• U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education.

• The U.S. started NASA.

• All of the above