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WorksheetsSpace Race
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which 2 countries were competing in the Space Race?
US
France
UK
Soviet Union
Who was the US president during the moon landing?
John F. Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the name of the spaceflight that succeeded in landing the first men on the moon?
Apollo 11
Sputnik
Apollo 13
Voyager
What started the space race?
Kennedy wanted to send a man to the moon
Project Mercury was created with the goal to orbit Earth
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik
Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth
What American organization accomplished Kennedy's goal of sending a man to the moon?
Office of International Relations
NASA
World Vision International
Department of Health and Human Services
What political event provided context to the space race?
World War II
The Vietnam War
The Iraq War
The Cold War
Why was it called a Cold War?
Neither country formally declared war on the other
It took place in winter
It was the last war before global warming started
It caused a lot of people to get sick
What scared Americans about Russian advancement?
They didn't speak Russian
Communism
An actual war
Dictatorship
Finish the quote: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for..."
(a)
Who said the previous quote? When?
Neil Armstrong
When he took his first step on the moon
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
When the spaceship was launched
Richard Nixon
