ELA 6 Mid-Unit 6 Review

Which of these pieces of evidence BEST show the significance of John F. Kennedy’s contribution to the Space Race?

• Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins made a lunar landing during John F. Kennedy’s presidency.

• President John F. Kennedy calmed fears of the Soviet Union reaching space by promising to have an American astronaut on the moon - and succeeding.

• President Kennedy was committed to an aggressive space program and greatly expanded NASA.

• During his presidency, John F. Kennedy met with Soviet president Nikita S. Khrushchev in Vienna to quell tensions.

Which of these pieces of evidence BEST show the significance of Alexei Leonov’s contribution to the Space Race?

• Leonov became a pilot for the USSR during the Cold War.

• As a skilled pilot, Leonov became one of the first selected to become a cosmonaut during the Space Race.

• Alexei Leonov was the first man to exit a spacecraft and float in space.

• Due to the change in pressure in space and his suit expanding greatly, Leonov was almost unable to re-enter his spacecraft and return to Earth!

Which of these pieces of evidence BEST show the significance of Nikita Khrushchev’s contribution to the Space Race?

• Sputnik earned Nikita Khrushchev the title of TIME’s Man of the Year for 1957.

• Nikita Khrushchev began the Space Race by leading the world in starting a space program in the USSR and launching Sputnik.

• Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964.

• Nikita Khrushchev ordered the withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, in order to end the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War.

How were the Space Race and the Cold War connected?

• The Space Race was a competition between the USSR and the US, but it was no happening during the Cold War.

• The Space Race happened across the whole world - not just the USSR and the USA - which made it connected to everything.

• The Cold War was a component of the Space Race because the War started due to Sputnik.

• The Space Race was a component of the Cold War because it was one competition between the US and the USSR to see whose methods of governing and economics were better.

Who was Yuri Gagarin?

• the president of the USA when the USSR launched Sputnik I, leading them to begin the Space Race.

• the Soviet president responsible for launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, and sending the first man into orbit.

• a Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human to journey into outer space.

• a human "computer," using math to calculate launch angles and trajectories for the early NASA spaceflights. She was instrumental in John Glenn's first orbit of the Earth and worked for the space program for 33 years.

Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?

• the president of the USA when the USSR launched Sputnik I, leading them to begin the Space Race.

• the Soviet president responsible for launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, and sending the first man into orbit.

• a Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human to journey into outer space.

• a human "computer," using math to calculate launch angles and trajectories for the early NASA spaceflights. She was instrumental in John Glenn's first orbit of the Earth and worked for the space program for 33 years.

Who was Katherine Johnson?

• the president of the USA when the USSR launched Sputnik I, leading them to begin the Space Race.

• the Soviet president responsible for launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, and sending the first man into orbit.

• a Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human to journey into outer space.

• a human "computer," using math to calculate launch angles and trajectories for the early NASA spaceflights. She was instrumental in John Glenn's first orbit of the Earth and worked for the space program for 33 years.

Who was Nikita Khrushchev?

• the president of the USA when the USSR launched Sputnik I, leading them to begin the Space Race.

• the Soviet president responsible for launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, and sending the first man into orbit.

• a Soviet cosmonaut who was the first human to journey into outer space.

• a human "computer," using math to calculate launch angles and trajectories for the early NASA spaceflights. She was instrumental in John Glenn's first orbit of the Earth and worked for the space program for 33 years.

Who was Alexei Leonov?

• an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon.

• a Soviet cosmonaut known for being the first and youngest woman in space.

• a Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person to conduct a spacewalk.

• the president of the USA who began the expansion of NASA and committed the nation to landing a man on the Moon.

Who was Neil Armstrong?

• an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon.

• a Soviet cosmonaut known for being the first and youngest woman in space.

• a Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person to conduct a spacewalk.

• the president of the USA who began the expansion of NASA and committed the nation to landing a man on the Moon.