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Space Enquiry Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Artefacts, speeches and diary entries are examples of (a)   sources

2.

Which are examples of secondary sources of information?

a)

Information book

b)

Diary entry

c)

Website

d)

Historical artefact

3.

The 2 countires involved in the Space Race were the USSR and (a)   ?

4.

When was Sputnik 1 launched into space?

a)

October 4, 1957

b)

December 6, 1957

c)
  • January 1958

d)
  • July 20, 1969

5.

Who was the first man in space?

a)
  • A) Neil Armstrong

b)
  • Yuri Gagarin

c)

John Glenn

d)

President Eisenhower

6.

True or False- Apollo 13 was the first mission to land on the moon?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What year did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon?

a)

1959

b)

1960

c)

1969

d)

1979

8.

True or False- The USSR launched Sputnik 1 into orbit?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of these events marked the beginning of the Space Race?

a)

Yuri Gagarin was the first man into space

b)

Valentina Tereshkova was sent into Space

c)

Sputnik 1 was sent into Space

d)

Neil Armstrong landed on the moon

e)

The USSR and USA spacecrafts docked together and exchanged gifts

10.

Which of these women were significant during the Space Race?

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Mary Jockson

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Katherine Johnson

11.

Which US President announced the goal to get men on the moon?

a)

John F Kennedy

b)

Barrack Obama

c)

George Bush

d)

Abraham Lincoln

12.

What event was seen by many as marking the end of the Space Race?

a)

The USSR had won when they sent the first man into Space

b)

The Space Race ended with the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991

c)

The USSR and USA spacecrafts docked together and exchanged gifts with each other

d)

USA had landed a man on the moon

13.

True or False- the Space Race began after World War 1

a)

True

b)

False