<p> Arms & Space Race WebQuest</p><p>Go to the website: http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ Answer the following questions. 1. What event started the space race?</p><p>2. Who won the first space race event?</p><p>3. What did Americans fear the Soviets would be able to do if they could launch a satellite?</p><p>4. What organization was formed in 1958? Why do you think it was formed?</p><p>Go to the website: http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/SpaceRace/sec100/sec100.htm And scroll through three topics on the left “Military Origins, Racing to the Moon, and Satellite Reconnaissance” and complete the tasks below. 5. Summarize the link “Military Origins”</p><p>6. Summarize the link “Racing to the Moon”</p><p>7. Summarize the link “Satellite Reconnaissance”</p><p>Go to the website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/time-flash.html and answer the following questions (start with the year 1955 and continue to 8. How did the desire to “spy” on the enemy contribute to the space race?</p><p>9. How is the space race related to the military competition that existed between the two nations?</p><p>10. How did the space race affect American schools?</p><p>11. Who was the first man in space? 12. What do you think both the United States and USSR were looking for with the spy satellites?</p><p>13. What was President Reagan’s “Star Wars” plan?</p><p>Go to the website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies and read the introduction, then click on the link “secret astronauts” and answer the following questions 14. What was the job of the secret astronauts?</p><p>15. What was the name of the program they were a part of? (hint “MOL”)</p><p>Go to the website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/photos.html and read the introduction then launch the interactive to answer the following questions. 17. How has the space race continued to influence politics today?</p><p>18. According to satellite images, what countries have nuclear weapons?</p><p>19. How do you think the space race and arms race are interrelated?</p><p>Go to the website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nuclear_arms_race.htm and answer the following questions: 20. What did Sputnik lead to?</p><p>21. What are ICBMs? (explain them)</p><p>22. In 1967 who appeared to be winning the arms race? 23. Explain the term MAD.</p><p>Go to the website: http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/index.asp and summarize the events listed below. Look at the 1940s index and summarize: 24. Soviet Atomic Bomb Test</p><p>25. H-Bomb Development Summary</p><p>Look at the 1950s index and summarize: 26. Missile Gap</p><p>Go to the 1960s Index and summarize: 27. U-2 incident</p><p>28. Cuban Missile Crisis</p><p>EXTRA TIME? Play the Trivia Game (link is on the left)</p>