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Cold War & Space Race
What mission landed men on the moon?
When did the Cold War start?
Cold War & Space Race
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When did the Cold War start?
The day after WWII ended
2 days after WWII ended
2 years after WWII ended
1 week after WWII ended
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What mission landed men on the moon?
Apollo II
Sputnik
Soyuz I
Pioneer 10
3
Who won the first stage of the Space Race?
The Soviet Union
The United States
4
The first person to die in space flight was on board the Soyuz I.
True
False
5
Who was the first man in space?
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuri Gagarin
John F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
6
How did the Korean War end?
In a tie
China won
The US side won
The Soviet side won
7
Containment is keeping capitalism confined to where it already existed.
True
False
8
Apollo I had a capsule of 100% oxygen and it caught on fire without leaving the ground.
False
True
9
Which was not a stage of the Space Race?
Get a person to the moon and back
Get a person into orbit
Get a person to Mars and back
Launch a man made object into space
10
What was the closest we have come to a nuclear war?
World War II
The Korean War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Never
11
The bomb the soviets made was identical to the one that the US made.
True
False
12
America's first astronauts were what?
Humans
Monkeys
Cats
Dogs
13
How long did it take for the Soviets to make a atomic bomb?
4 years
8 years
6 years
2 years
14
The Domino Theory is where if one nation fell to communist expansion, so would its neighbors.
True
False
15
What threat kept the US and the Soviet Union from direct warfare?
Tanks
Machine Guns
Kamikazes
Nuclear Weapons
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What was not included in the Pioneer's message to the Universe?
The English Language
Human Beings
Map of the Milky Way
The Hydrogen Atom
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Which two nations were the center piece of the Cold War?
The US and Soviet Union
The US and Germany
The Soviet Union and Japan
Japan and Germany
