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Space Race

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What countries where apart of the Space Race?

a)

The Soviet Union and the United States

b)

North and South Korea

c)

Brazil and Canda

d)

Allied Powers and Axis Powers

2.

The Space Race was a major event...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Why did the two countries compete?

a)

Both competed to see who had the prettiest landscape

b)

Both competed to see who had the fastest rockets

c)

Both competed to see who could get into space first

4.

Who was the first man on the moon?

a)

Drew Henniger

b)

Hitler

c)

Yuri Gagarin

d)

Neil Armstrong

5.

NASA was created by the Soviet Union...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

What was the name of the Soviet's first aircraft?

a)

Sputnik

b)

Sputnnik

c)

CIASP

d)

Spputnik

7.

Who led the Soviet Union during the Space Race?

a)

Nikita Cold

b)

Khrushchec, Nikita

c)

Nikita Dragun

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

8.

Who launched the Apollo Moon program?

a)

USSR

b)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

c)

President Ulysses S. Grant

9.

The Space Race is still going on today...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

The Soviet Union and United States came to an agreement...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Who was the first women in space?

a)

Chelsea Fife

b)

Imelda Marcos

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Valentina Tereshkova

12.

Who was the first group of people on the Moon?

a)

Connor Sanford, Eamon DiMinico, and Keith Simms

b)

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins

c)

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

d)

Donald Junior, Ethan Hound, and Joe Arnold

13.

What satellite did the United States launch?

a)

Explorer 1

b)

Vanguard 1

c)

DSCOVR

14.

The Space Race was during WW2...

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

What side launched their space craft first?

a)

United States

b)

Mexico

c)

Columbia

d)

Soviet Union