The Arms Race And The Space Race Answers – Flashcards
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The first person to orbit Earth in a spacecraft was
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Yuri Gagarin.
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Which of the following was a consequence of testing the H-bomb?
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radiation sickness
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In 1963, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a treaty stating that
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all nuclear testing would be held underground.
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Which of the following was a NASA program that served as a bridge between human space flight and the moon landing?
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Gemini
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Which of the following is the best definition of the term nuclear deterrence?
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the idea that the threat of nuclear war was enough to stop an attack
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Why was the Gemini program valuable to future space programs?
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NOT The Gemini program put the first person on the moon.
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The arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union began when
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the Soviet Union developed its own atomic bomb.
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In October of 1957, the Soviet Union shocked the United States by
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launching the satellite Sputnik I.
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Look at the graph. Based on the graph, defense spending in the United States
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increased during the arms race against the USSR.
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What was the link between the launch of Sputnik I and the National Defense Educational Act?
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The National Defense Education Act was created in response to the launch of Sputnik I.
