The Space Race Quiz

The Space Race Quiz

10th Grade

12 Qs

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The Space Race Quiz

The Space Race Quiz

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10th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event is widely regarded as the starting point of the Space Race, and what was its global impact?

Launch of the Apollo 11 mission; it established the United States as a dominant space power.

Launch of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union; it heightened Cold War tensions and spurred U.S. technological advancements.

Alan Shepard's suborbital flight; it marked the U.S.'s first human spaceflight achievement.

The Mercury-Atlas 6 mission; it proved the viability of human space exploration.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which U.S. President signed the order to create NASA?

Lyndon B. Johnson

Richard Nixon

John F. Kennedy

Dwight D. Eisenhower

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first person to orbit Earth?

John Glenn

Neil Armstrong

Leonard Brezhnev

Yuri Gagarin

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which mission was the first to land humans on the moon?

Apollo 17

Apollo 13

Apollo 11

Apollo 8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary goal of the Apollo program?

To build a space station

To land a man on the moon

To orbit the Earth

To launch the first satellite

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event symbolized the improvement of U.S.-Soviet relations in space?

The Cuban missile crisis

The construction of the Berlin Wall

The launch of Sputnik

The Apollo-Soyuz mission

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the code name for the U.S. program using satellites to gather intelligence on the Soviet Union?

Corona

Apollo

Mercury

Gemini

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