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5.21 The Arms Race and the Space Race Answers

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The first person to orbit Earth in a spacecraft was

A
John Glenn.
B
Yuri Gagarin.
C
Neil Armstrong.
D
Nikita Khrushchev.
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Why did the US suffer a loss of confidence following the launch of Sputnik I?

A
The US knew that they would not be able to build a satellite like Sputnik I.
B
The US assumed that they would be first into space, before the Soviets.
C
Sputnik I was a better satellite than the ones the US had launched.
D
The space race had ended and the United States had lost.
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Which of the following is the best definition of the term nuclear deterrence?

A
the belief that a nuclear war would have no winner
B
the idea that no nuclear weapon was as strong as armed forces
C
the idea that the threat of nuclear war was enough to stop an attack
D
the competition to acquire more and deadlier weapons
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How does the concept of competition relate to the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

A
The two nations were not concerned about one another or their nuclear capabilities, so there was no competition between them.
B
The two nations were interested in working together to produce nuclear weaponry, which extinguished any competition between them.
C
The two nations wanted to outdo one another in the development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons, which drove the competition between them.
D
The two nations felt that face-to-face battles would be more effective than nuclear weapons, which led to a violent competition between them.
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Look at the graph.Based on the graph, defense spending in the United States

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A
increased in the years immediately after World War II.
B
decreased during the midst of the Korean War.
C
increased during the arms race against the USSR.
D
decreased as more nuclear weapons were stockpiled.
6

NASA’s first attempt to achieve human space flight was called the

A
Apollo program.
B
Gemini program.
C
Mercury program.
D
Explorer program.
7

The arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union began when

A
the US first launched a nuclear missile.
B
the Soviet Union developed its own atomic bomb.
C
the Soviet Union launched its first satellite.
D
NASA created the Mercury program.
8

Which of the following was a NASA program that served as a bridge between human space flight and the moon landing?

A
Mercury
B
Gemini
C
Apollo
D
Sputnik
9

In 1963, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a treaty stating that

A
all nuclear testing would be halted.
B
the use of nuclear weapons would be banned.
C
all nuclear testing would be held underground.
D
only the US and the USSR could have nuclear weapons.
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Which of the following was a consequence of testing the H-bomb?

A
radiation sickness
B
fission reaction
C
fusion reaction
D
missile gap

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