Bomb Part 1 Vocabulary

Harry Gold was trained in tradecraft. Which is NOT a definition of tradecraft?

• The art and science of spying

• How to copy chemical processes

Otto Hahn, a chemist in Berlin, made an incredible discovery in 1938. Scientists called it fission. What is fission?

• Splitting uranium atoms

• Creating a bomb

• The invention of uranium

Robert Oppenheimer left his date in the car and went for a walk to think about physics. He also was professor of physics at The University of California, Berkeley. Which is NOT definition of physics?

• Science of living things

• Science of matter and energy

One of the ways that the Soviets planned to get the plans for the atomic bomb was through agent cultivation. What does agent cultivation refer to?

• gathering information on a source to see if he might cooperate

• paying a source for information about the atomic bomb

Harry Gold and Zalmond Franklin were both couriers for the KGB and involved in spying. What is NOT a courier?

• Messenger

• Translator

Knut Haukelid and his friend were very much against Nazi sympathizers in Norway. Who were Nazi sympathizers?

• Norwegians who helped fight the Nazis

• Norwegians who aided and helped the Nazis

President Roosevelt blasted Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, calling a premeditated attack. What is NOT the meaning of premeditated?

• Accidental

• Planned in advance

Semyon Semyonov had a legitimate reason to be in the United States with his job. What does legitimate mean?

• Valid

• Paid

Harry Gold was blackmailed by the KGB, who threatened to send an anonymous letter to his company telling of his crimes if he ever tried to quit. What does anonymous mean?

• unknown author

• signed

• with money

Willard and Szilard were both worried about a great calamity if Germany built an atomic bomb. What is a meaning of a calamity?

• tragedy

• weather change