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ARMS RACE + SPACE RACE

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two countries were most involved in the Arms Race during the Cold War?

a)

France and Germany

b)

United States and Soviet Union

c)

Japan and the United Kingdom

d)

Vietnam and China

2.

What type of weapon was designed by the Manhattan Project?

a)

Aircraft carrier

b)

Hydrogen bomb

c)

Atomic bomb

d)

Rockets

3.

What did MAD stand for in regards to the Arms Race?

a)

Masters Against Defense

b)

Mutual Anti Detonation

c)

Maximum Allowed Devastation

d)

Mutually Assured Destruction

4.

What was the acronym for the arms reduction talks between the United States and the Soviet Union?

a)

BEEF

b)

SALT

c)

PEPPER

d)

CHILE

5.

Both sides would have suffered great losses in the event of a nuclear war.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

What was the most important disarmament and non-proliferation agreement?

a)

INF Treaty

b)

MAD

c)

Strategic Defense Initiative

d)

Star Wars Initiative

7.

Which leaders signed the INF Treaty?

a)

Stalin and Roosevelt

b)

Putin and Trump

c)

Kennedy and Khrushcev

d)

Gorbachev and Reagan

8.

After World War II, from what country did the United States and the Soviet Union get many of their rocket scientists?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Japan

d)

Italy

9.

Wernher von Braun built a rocket that could deliver explosives from German military bases to London. What was its name?

a)

V-2 Rocket

b)

V-4 Rocket

c)

Saturn V Rocket

d)

Falcon 9

10.

What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?

a)

Vostok I

b)

Friendship 7

c)

Sputnik I

d)

Explorer I

11.

What does Sputnik stand for?

a)

Explorer

b)

Discoverer

c)

Traveler

d)

Victory

12.

Which country first put a manned spacecraft into orbit?

a)

France

b)

Soviet Union

c)

China

d)

United States

13.

What was the first animal in space?

a)

Cat

b)

Dog

14.

What was the name of the first animal in Space?

a)

Fluffy

b)

Laika

15.

What was the name of the first man in space?

a)

Alan B. Shepherd

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Buzz Aldrin

d)

Alexey Leonov

16.

Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

a)

Michael Collins

b)

John Kennedy

c)

Buzz Aldrin

d)

John Glenn

17.

Which nation was the first to launch a woman into space?

a)

USSR

b)

USA

18.

American space pilots were called astronauts. What were Soviet space pilots called?

a)

Astronauts

b)

Cosmonauts

c)

Comradnauts

d)

Rocketmen

19.

What year did the Space Race end with the Apollo-Soyuz joint program mission?

a)

1965

b)

1968

c)

1975

d)

1981

20.

What was John F Kennedy speech about?

a)

Going to the Moon

b)

Vote him for president

c)

Fried chicken

d)

How he wanted to be the first president on the Moon

21.

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

22.

When did America land on the Moon?

a)

May 28,1968

b)

July 21,1968

c)

July 20,1969

d)

July 20, 1976

23.

Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

Buzz Aldrin

c)

Yuri Gagarin

d)

Alan Shepherd

24.

How many Apollo missions successfully landed men on the moon?

a)

2

b)

6

c)

4

d)

11

25.

What color was associated with Communism?

a)

Orange

b)

Red

c)

Blue

d)

Green