space race + arms race 2

• 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 like they had some protection against nuclear attacks, even though the advice was ineffective
• Space Race timeline


  • 21/8/57 = First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) USSR
  • 4/10/57 = First Satellite USSR
  • 3/11/57 = First dog (Laika) in space USSR
  • 31/1/58= First US Satellite
  • 5/7/60 = First spy satellite (SATELLITE WITH CAMERA) US
  • 19/8/60 = First animal to come home alive USSR
  • 12/4/61 = First human in space USSR
  • 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