WorksheetsArms & Space Race
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In 1952 the US tested "Ivy Mike" a more powerful atomic weapon the Soviets later copied called a-
Megaton Bomb
ICBM- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Hydrogen Bomb
Nuclear Defense Grid
Which of these describes the "Arms Race?"
The United States and Soviet Union competing to make superior sattelites
The US and Soviet Union fighting over space technology
The US and Soviet Union competing to make more powerful nuclear weapons
The population boom competition between the US and Soviet Union
What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?
Vostok I
Friendship 7
Sputnik I
Explorer I
What did MAD stand for in regards to the Arms Race?
Masters Against Defense
Mutual Anti Detonation
Maximum Allowed Devastation
Mutually Assured Destruction
Why was America worried about Russia's satellite launch?
They thought that if Russia could launcha a satelite into space, then they could send a nuclear missile at the US
They thought the satellite was really a nuclear bomb
They thought that Russian spies had stolen American satellite secrets
They thought Russia would use the satellite to spy on America
Who was the pilot that was captured during the U-2 incident?
Francis Gary Powers
Joseph Stalin
Yuri Gagarin
John Glenn
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was construction a missile site in Cuba.
JFK gave into the Soviet demands.
JFK bombed the Soviet Union with an atomic bomb.
JFK ordered a naval blockade of Cuba.
JFK invaded Cuba from Guantanamo Bay.
The Space Race was considered important because...
it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and economic system.
the Soviet Union was much more advanced in science and technology.
the United States is the largest country in the world.
we had an opportunity to win many medals.
