Week 25 Review

Which two countries were primarily involved in the Space Race during the Cold War?

• United States and China

• United Kingdom and Soviet Union

• United States and Soviet Union

• Germany and Japan

During the Cold War, which country successfully landed the first humans on the Moon on July 20, 1969?

• Soviet Union

• China

• United States

• Germany

Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Yuri Gagarin

• Michael Collins

• Neil Armstrong

What was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?

• The first manned spacecraft to orbit the Earth

• The first space station built in orbit

• The first artificial satellite launched into space

• A spy satellite used during the Cold War

Who was the first man first to orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, and what country was he from?

• Neil Armstrong from the United States

• John Glenn from the United States

• Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union

• Alan Shepard from the United Kingdom

What was the arms race during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union about?

• Competing to colonize Mars

• Building weapons, military technology and advanced nuclear weapons

• Fighting in direct military battles across Europe

• Expanding space tourism for civilians

Who was Jonas Salk, and what was his major contribution to science?

• A physicist who developed the theory of relativity

• A chemist who discovered penicillin

• A biologist who created the first successful polio vaccine

• An astronomer who discovered the rings of Saturn

Which two leaders were primarily involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev

• ohn F. Kennedy and Fidel Castro

• John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev

• Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev

To stop the spread of communism, which country did the United States become directly involved in Southeast Asia during the Cold War in 1965?

• Vietnam

• North Korea

• China

• Japan

To end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States, which Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson?

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Equal Rights Amendment