Space Race Pre Unit

The Space Race was a part of what war?  

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

After World War II, from what country did the United States and the Soviet Union get many of their rocket scientists?

• France
• Spain
• Japan
• Germany

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

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

Which country first put a manned spacecraft into orbit?

• France
• Japan
• United States
• Soviet Union

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• John Glenn
• Michael Collins 

What was the name of the program that helped to develop a lot of the technology for the Apollo program?

• Manhattan 
• Sputnik
• Gemini  
• Mercury

American space pilots were called astronauts. What were Soviet space pilots called?

• Comradnauts 
• Cosmonauts 
• Rocketmen
• Brezhnevers

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

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

What was the name of the lunar module that landed on the Moon?

• The Eagle
• The Gemini
• The Apollo
• It did not have a name

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

• Explorer

• Mercury

• Voyager

• Sputnik