The Arms Race and the Space Race

Question 1

What was the world like at the start of the Cold War?Choose whether each statement is true or false.The US was the only superpower in the world.

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B: false

Question 2

Which event caused the sharp rise in defense spending that began around 1950?

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C: the development of the atomic bomb

Question 3

One effect of the Sputnik launch was the passage of the National Defense Education Act, which provided funding for:

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B: science and math education.

Question 4

Which best describes the reason the US government founded NASA?

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B: so that one central authority could oversee all the various air and space projects

Question 5

Compare and contrast the Soviet and American space programs up to 1962 – the point that the US sent John Glenn into orbit and brought him home safely. Which statement is true?

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C: The USSR was consistently one step ahead of the US in the space race.

Question 6

This is what Neil Armstrong said when he took his first steps on the surface of the moon. What did Armstrong mean?

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B: His first step on the moon meant nothing to him as an individual, but it was very significant for human progress.

Question 7

Each nation carefully guarded the secrets of its true military strength.

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A: true

Question 8

During which Cold War decade was the US defense spending at its highest?

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C: the 1960s

Question 9

The US and the USSR, former allies, were now enemies.

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A: true

Question 10

Nuclear weapons created universal fear.

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B: false

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