Race to Reach Sky

Q. "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organise and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win".
— President John F. Kennedy, speech at Rice University, September 12, 1962

The main purpose of this speech was to win public support for which of the following?

1. Controlling the spread of nuclear weapons
2. Surpassing the Soviet Union in space race
3. Establishing a missile defence system on Moon
4. Cooperating with communist countries in exploring space

Q. Select your answer according to the newspaper headlines shown below.
Which statement most accurately explains the relationship between the events described in the newspaper headlines?

1. Space exploration ended the competition between the USA and the Soviet Union.
2. The US and the Soviet Union began sharing space technology.
3. The launch of Sputnik prompted the US to expand its space program.
4. Third world countries reduced military spending to fund space exploration.

Q. How did satellites help during the Cold War era?

1. They helped to spy on enemy countries.
2. They helped to direct missiles.
3. They helped keep a track of their own movements.
4. They helped to direct road traffic.

Q. How did satellites help during the Cold War era?

1. They helped to spy on enemy countries.
2. They helped to direct missiles.
3. They helped keep a track of their own movements.
4. They helped to direct road traffic.

Q. was the first human who travelled to space.

1. Neil Armstrong
2. Yuri Gagarin
3. Laika
4. Buzz Aldrin

Q. Select your answer according to the newspaper headlines shown below.
Which statement most accurately explains the relationship between the events described in the newspaper headlines?

1. Space exploration ended the competition between the USA and the Soviet Union.
2. The US and the Soviet Union began sharing space technology.
3. The launch of Sputnik prompted the US to expand its space program.
4. Third world countries reduced military spending to fund space exploration.

Q. Which of the following reason was responsible for the U.S. government allocation of massive sums of money to math and science the 1950s?

1. The Soviet Union Landing men on the moon
2. The Soviet Union developing the world's first hydrogen bomb
3. Fidel Castro coming to power in Cuba
4. The United states failing to produce a Nobel prize winner in science
5. The Soviet satellite Sputnik successfully orbiting the earth