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SPACE RACE

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  
a)
SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 
b)
UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
c)
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
d)
1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE
2.
WHAT DOES NASA  STAND FOR ?  
a)
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
b)
NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR SPACE AND AIR EXPLORATION
c)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPACE AND AIR TRAVEL 
d)
NAUTICAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPACE TRAVEL
3.
HOW DID THE U.S. WIN THE SPACE RACE?  
a)
LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE 
b)
LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE
c)
THE 1ST ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
d)
JOHN GLENN ORBITING THE EARTH
4.
WHO WAS THE 1ST SOVIET COSMONAUT TO ORBIT  THE EARTH ?  
a)
JOHN GLENN
b)
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
c)
YURI GAGARIN
d)
PAVEL POPOVICH
5.
WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL DID THE U.S. USE TO LAUNCH INTO SPACE BEFORE HUMANS ?  
a)
CATS
b)
MONKEYS
c)
SNAKES
d)
DOGS
6.
WHICH NATION WAS THE 1ST TO LAUNCH A WOMAN INTO SPACE?  
a)
SOVIET UNION
b)
UNITED STATES
7.
WHICH PRESIDENT WAS COMMITTED TO SENDING A MAN TO THE MOON ?  
a)
LBJ
b)
JFK
c)
DWIGHT EISENHOWER
8.
which of the following were not part of the Apollo program?  
a)
Buzz Aldrin
b)
Neil Armstrong 
c)
Yuri Gagarin
d)
Michael Collins