1. After World War II, what event pushed space exploration?
a) the Industrial Revolution
b) the Cold War
c) the age of new telecommunications
2. The space race was mainly between the United States and which
country?
a) Soviet Union
b) France
c) Britain
d) Japan
3. When did the Soviets launch the first man made satellite?
a) October 4, 1957
b) April 26, 1978
c) January 10, 1963
d) December 24, 1959
4. What Soviet space mission sent the first living creature, a
dog, into space?
a) Apollo 13
b) Sputnik 2
c) Sputnik 1
d) Explorer I
5. In 1959, the U.S. sent monkeys into space. In contrast to the
Soviets, the Americans
a) killed the monkeys
b) used them in experiments
c) brought them back safely from space
d) all of the above
6. Who was the first person in space?
a) Buzz Aldrin
b) Sally Ride
c) Neil Armstrong
d) Yuri Gagarin
7. What U.S. President made a goal for reaching the Moon?
a) JFK
b) FDR
c) Hoover
d) Truman
8. Which statement is not true of the Apollo 8 flight?
a) it lifted off from Cape Kennedy
b) the flight was controlled by Mission Control
at Cape Kennedy
c) they were the first to view the moonís
far side
d) they looked for a place for a future mission
to land on the Moon
9. The first person to step on the Moon was:
a) Michael Collins
b) Neil Armstrong
c) Buzz Aldrin
d) John Glen
10. Which is not true about the space race?
a) it brought many medical benefits
b) it gave us information about how the Moon
was formed
c) the cosmonauts sent men to the Moon
d) 840 lbs. of moon samples were sent back
to Earth
Answers to Quiz- 1.b, 2.a, 3.a, 4.b, 5.c, 6.d, 7.a, 8.b, 9.b, 10.c.