The Space Race in the 1960s
Authored by Marisa Bush
Social Studies
4th - 6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did President Kennedy want to send an astronaut to the moon?
He wanted to win the next presidency.
He wanted the Soviet Union to join the space race.
No one had ever been to the moon and he wanted to do it before Russia did.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Soviet Union sent the first _______________ into space.
space station
orbit
satellite
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did people in the United States react when they heard about Sputnik?
They were shocked.
They were scared.
They were excited.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first man to orbit the earth?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When did John Glen orbit the earth?
1950
1962
1958
1950
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who sent the first woman into space?
United States
Soviet Union
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happened on July 20, 1969?
The first man walked on the moon.
Sputnik is launched into space.
Joh Glen orbits the earth.
The Russians landed on the moon.
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