USII.8C-F Space Race
Passage
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Social Studies
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6th - 8th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Moriah Wrenn-Sandkulla
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9 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which country sent the first woman into space?
United States
China
Russia
India
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Understanding
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name of the first satellite sent into space by the Soviet Union?
Apollo
Sputnik
Voyager
Luna
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Remembering
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first man to orbit the Earth?
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Alan Shepard
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Remembering
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did President Kennedy want the United States to reach the Moon first?
To win the Cold War
To show technological superiority
To establish world leadership
All of the above
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Understanding
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main goal of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union?
To build a space station
To land a man on the Moon
To send the first satellite
To explore Mars
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Applying
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What achievement marked the end of the Space Race?
The Soviet Union landing an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon
The United States landing astronauts on the Moon
The Soviet Union sending the first man to space
The United States sending the first satellite
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Applying
7.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The first manned Moon landing occurred in (a) 1969.
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Remembering
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