Sapace Race & Arms Race

Question 1

What countries were in the space race?

Answer 1

USSR and the USA

Question 2

What countries were in the arms race?

Answer 2

USSR and the USA

Question 3

Which country was first into space?

Answer 3

USSR was first into space
(Yuri Gagarin - USSR - was the first human in space. Neil Armstrong - USA - was first man on the moon)

Question 4

Who was the US president during the Space Race?

Answer 4

Ike Eisenhower

Question 5

In 1955, the USA announced their plans to develop a what?

Answer 5

A man made satellite

Question 6

Who was the USSR’s dictator during the Space Race? (after Stalin)

Answer 6

Khrushchev

Question 7

Which country first created the worlds first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in May 1957

Answer 7

USSR

Question 8

In July 1958 the US congress approved the creation of the what?

Answer 8

The ‘National Aeronautics Space Administration’ (NASA)

Question 9

In October 1947, the USSR shocked the world by doing what?

Answer 9

Launching satellite ‘Sputnik’ into space on an R - 7 rocket 🚀