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SPACE RACE

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one is SPUTNIK I?

a)

b)

c)

d)

2.

The first animal to orbit the Earth in SPUTNIK II was a...

(a)  

3.

Who was the first man to orbit the Earth (April 12,1961)

a)

Edward H. White

b)

Alan Shepherd

c)

Yuri Gagarin

d)

Valentina Tereshkova

4.

Space race ended due to...

a)

the destruction of Columbia,

Fall of Berlin Wall,

Dissolution of the Soviet Union

b)

the Dissolution of the Soviet Union,

Fall of Berlin Wall

c)

the Fall of The Great Wall of China

d)

hunger

(they got hungry in space and came back)

5.

What happened in 1986, January 28?

a)

5 men and two women died due to a space accident

b)

nothing special

c)

Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff

d)

Columbia went on its 114th mission

e)

first landing on the Moon

6.

When did the Space Race begin?

a)

1986

b)

1991

c)

1981

d)

1955

7.

The first human-crewed flight took place in 1968, it travelled around the 

Earth _____ times during its mission.

a)

37

b)

163

c)

5

d)

349

8.

Who was Valentina Tereshkova?

a)

she orbited the Earth on the Frinedship 7 spacecraft

b)

the first women in space

c)

the first American in space