1.
What was the name of the competition/conflict between the two
Superpowers?
2.
What country provided the USA and USSR with many rocket engineers
after World War II?
3.
Who did Werner von Braun work for after the war?
a.
The Americans
b.
The Soviets
c.
The Germans
d.
The Ukranians
4.
What did both countries do in 1955?
a.
Launch a satellite.
b.
Say they wanted to send a man into Space.
c.
Say they wanted to launch a satellite.
5.
Which of the following statements about the first man in Space is
false?
a.
The rocket was named Vostok I.
b.
The first man in space was a Soviet cosmonaut.
c.
The first man in space was an American astronaut.
d.
He orbited the Earth.
6.
How did the Americans feel at lagging behind the Soviet Union
in the Space Race, according to the narrator?
7.
What intention did President Kennedy announce to Congress in
1961?
a.
That the USA wanted to get to the Moon by the end of the decade.
b.
That the USA wanted to get to the Moon by the following year.
c.
That the USA wanted to get to Mars by the end of the Century.
d.
That the USA wanted to launch a space station by the end of the
decade.
8.
What was the name of the NASA programme designed to get to the
Moon?
a.
Explorer
b.
Vostok
c.
Gemini
d.
Apollo
9.
Which of these statements is true?
a.
The USSR achieved the first docking of two spacecraft.
b.
The USSR achieved the first spacewalk.
c.
Apollo XIII was the first space flight to reach the Moon.
10.
Which country ultimately won the Space Race, and why?
11.
What did the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission symbolise?
