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WorksheetsThe Space Race
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The first country to launch a man-made satellite.
(a)
Name the first man-made satellite
(a)
What does Sputnik mean?
Fellow traveler or companion
Man's best friend
Celebrity
Powerful ship
What did the second satellite, Sputnik II, have on board?
Pig
Dog
Rooster
Hamster
How did the Americans and Soviets fight a battle without weapons?
None of these.
They called each other names.
They refused to cooperate.
They tried to steal Allies.
All of these.
This is the name given to the USA-Soviet fight which did not involve weapons.
(a)
Why were Americans frightened when they heard about the two Sputniks?
They realized that the Soviets had better space technology.
They thought that the Soviets might use satellites to carry weapons to the USA.
President Nixon knew the USA's position of power was in jeopardy.
They knew the Soviets had perfected the bomb and were planning to use it.
NASA
National Astronomy and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Airplane and Spaceship Administration
National Astronomy and Spaceship Administration
What did the National Defense Education Act give schools more money to teach?
Math
Social studies
Science
Physical education
Russian
He was the first man to go into space.
Neil Armstrong from the USA
Buzz Aldrin from the USA
Yuri Gagarin from the USA
Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union
Neil Armstrong from the Soviet Union
This is the year that the first man went to space
(a)
This president challenged Congress and the USA to send a man to the moon before the Soviets.
JFK
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
What was the first American spaceship to land on the moon?
Sputnik I
Sputnik II
Apollo 11
Apollo 12
He was the first man to walk on the moon.
Yuri Gagarin
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
The first human set foot on a planetary body other than Earth in this year.
(a)
