Arms Race Space Race

Between 1942-1945, which project produced the first atomic bombs?

• Apollo Project

• Manhattan Project

• Trinity Project

• Mercury Project

In the 1940's, who gave atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union?

• Rosenberg spies

• CIA agents

• KGB operatives

• MI6 agents

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched a dog named ______ into space.

• Laika

• Belka

• Strelka

• Ham

The USA and the USSR competed with each other to be the most ______ countries.

• peaceful

• powerful

• democratic

• isolated

What does the Space Race refer to?

• Race for bigger weapons

• Race to be best in space

• Race for economic dominance

• Race for technological advancement.

Fill in the blank: The Arms Race was primarily a competition for ________.

• Space exploration

• Bigger weapons

• Economic power

• Technological innovation

world's first artificial satellite

• baby boom

• Sputnik

• Levittown

• suburbs

The first satellite in space was (a)   .

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Space Race

,

(b) Arms Race

• Rosenbergs gave atomic secrets to USSR

• USSR put Sputnik satellite into orbit

• American Neil Armstrong walked on the moon

• The USA put a chimpanzee in space

• Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb

• USA dropped atomic bombs on Japan

Match the following

• Missile

• 
• Sputnik

• 
• spies

• 
• superpowers

• 
• Neil Armstrong

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