space race + arms race

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Cards (20)

  • Space Race

    The competition between the USA and USSR in the exploration of space during the Cold War
  • Arms Race

    The competition between the USA and USSR in the development of nuclear weapons during the Cold War
  • YBAT's

    • To understand what the space and arms race was
    • To explain why it was important during the Cold War
    • To be team players when investigating the space race and the arms race
  • Wernher von Braun
    • The Nazi in charge of the V1 and V2 rockets
    • Ran the American space missions (NASA) until 1972
  • Sputnik
    The Russian word for satellite
  • Yuri Gagarin

    A Soviet air force pilot and the first man in space
  • ICBM

    Missiles that can fly across continents and are programmed to hit a certain target
  • The word is Fanatic
  • The country is Hungary
  • The plan is the Marshall Plan
  • The place is Potsdam
  • The event is the Berlin Blockade
  • The weapon is the Atomic Bomb
  • The rockets used to get to space
    Can also carry nuclear weapons
  • Space Race

    USA and USSR competed in the exploration of space
  • Arms Race

    1. USA and USSR competed in the development of nuclear weapons
    2. They tried to make larger and more powerful bombs
  • Mutually Assured Destruction is when one side fires a nuclear missile at the other, and before the missile lands the opposing side launches a missile, continuing until both sides have been destroyed completely
  • The advice given in the Burt the Turtle clip is not good, as it does not provide effective protection against nuclear attacks
  • The US government gave this advice to try to reassure the public and make them feel safer, despite the advice being ineffective
  • Space Race timeline

    • 21/8/57 = First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) USSR
    • 4/10/57 = First Satellite USSR
    • 3/10/57 = First dog (Laika) in space USSR
    • 31/1/58= First US Satellite
    • 29/7/58 = NASA formed USA
    • 5/7/60 = First spy satellite (SATELLITE WITH CAMERA) US
    • 19/8/60 = First animal to come home alive USSR
    • 12/4/60 = First human in space USSR
    • 12/9/62 = JFK announces it is the USA's aim to land a man on the moon within ten years
    • 12/10/64 = First multi person crew USSR
    • 3/2/66 = First unmanned moon landing USSR
    • 21/12/68 = First manned orbit of the moon USA
    • 19/11/69 = First man on the moon USA