in this context, an object that moves around a planet in space

the circular journey that a spacecraft or planet makes around the sun, the moon, or another planet

respect and admiration people feel for someone else, often because they are successful

short for inter-continental ballistic missile; a missile that can deliver bombs to hit targets over 5500 km away

The Space Race

History

Early causes of tension between the USA and the USSR

The impact of the atomic bomb

Soviet influence over Eastern Europe

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

The Berlin Crisis, 1948-9

The origins of the Cold War, 1941-58

The growth of communism in China

The ‘loss’ of China and the Cold War

Outbreak of the Korean War

Consequences of the Korean War

The collapse of French Indochina

US involvement in the Vietnam War

Khrushchev and peaceful coexistence

The nuclear arms race

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

Hungary and Soviet power in Eastern Europe

The U2 Crisis

Construction of the Berlin Wall

The Cuban Revolution and its consequences

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Initial stages of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The 13 Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Prague Spring

International responses to the Prague Spring

The Brezhnev Doctrine

Tensions between the superpowers by the late-1960s

The reasons for Détente

Détente and SALT 1

In this unit pupils undergo a wider depth study which tells a story about a period that shaped the world we live in today: the Cold War. They look at the key events, developments, people and stories that defined the international relations in this Cold War period.

Wider Depth Study - Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

What is an object that moves around a planet in space called?

What was the name of the first woman in space?

Which country sent the first man into space?

the launch of the first satellite into Earth's orbit

Which event is usually considered the end of the Space Race?

Who said the following in 1961: "the dramatic achievements in space have an impact on the minds of men everywhere, who are attempting to make a determination of which road they should take"?

Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.

JFK announced plans for the US to land men on the Moon.

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Write the missing word. {{}} is an action or system intended to prevent or discourage someone from doing something.

Who was the first country to develop nuclear weapons?

How many times more powerful were hydrogen bombs (H-bombs) compared to atom bombs (A-bombs)?

What was the name of the theory which suggested that nuclear weapons made war between the superpowers unlikely?

Write the missing word. In the late 1950s, some US officials became worried that a {{}} gap existed between the USA and USSR.

The Space Race

Lesson outcome

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