The Cold War Era

What caused the space race between the Soviets and Americans?

• The need to demonstrate technological and military superiority

• Pressure from other countries to advance space exploration

• Competition for access to scarce resources in space

• Improved relations as a result of nuclear weapons treaties

How did the U.S. respond to the early space achievements of the Soviets?

• By creating NASA and investing in science and math education.

• By initiating diplomatic talks to collaborate on space exploration

• By reducing its own space exploration efforts to focus on other priorities

• By threatening to create weapons to destroy Soviet satellites

What early achievements did the Soviets enjoy in the Space Race?

• Only launching the first satellite into space

• Launching the first satellite, animal, and human into space

• Achieving the first spacewalk in human history

• Completing the first successful moon landing

What major achievement did the U.S. enjoy in response to Soviet space exploration?

• Launching the first satellite

• Completing the first human orbit of Earth

• Launching the first animal into space

• Successfully landing humans on the moon

The Soviets launching Sputnik

• forced the US to launch a missile to shoot it down

• allowed the Soviets to advance communist ideas to Eastern Europe

• caused the US to build the Iron Curtain

• Proved that the US was no longer the sole leader in advancing technology

Which of the following is the closest the United States has ever come to nuclear war with another country?

• the Bay of Pigs Invasion

• the Korean War

• Vietnam civil war

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

Who was the Korean War between?

• U.S. and South Korea

• Russia and North Korea

• North Korea and South Korea

• North Korea and North Vietnam

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

• 35^th

• 36^th

• 37^th

• 38^th

Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?

• John Bassilone

• Douglas MacArthur

• Harry Truman

• Richard Nixon

Who overthrew China during the Cold War and created a Communist government there?

• Miguel Gorbachev
• Fidel Castro
• Mao Zedong
• Ho Chi Minh