Quiz 38, Chapter 21, pp. 402-409

Question 0

What were the last two states to join the Union?

Answer 0

Alaska and Hawaii

Question 1

Name a missionary killed by the Auca Indians in the jungles of Ecuador.

Answer 1

Jim Elliot

Question 2

Who introduced mass-produced low-cost housing to America?

Answer 2

Levitt & Sons

Question 3

Name the scientist who discovered the polio vaccine.

Answer 3

Jonas Salk

Question 4

Why did Eisenhower build American military defenses?

Answer 4

to protect against Communism

Question 5

Name the high-ranking State Department official who was convicted of giving secrets to the Russians.

Answer 5

Alger Hiss

Question 6

What husband and wife team leaked atomic bomb secrets to the Russian agents?

Answer 6

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Question 7

Who emerged as the Soviet leader after the death of Stalin?

Answer 7

Nikita Khrushchev

Question 8

What conference was the first face-to-face meeting between a Soviet Premier and a U.S. President since World War II?

Answer 8

Geneva Summit

Question 9

Name the first space satellite launched into space by the Russians.

Answer 9

Sputnik I