SPACE RACE
What did the Soviet Union launch successfully in 1957 that made America concerned?
Sputnik
heir music style in 1962 was first influenced by American Rock artisits such as Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry.
The Beatles
This 1851 event held in London, England was titled the “Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations”, which showcased global industry, technology, and culture from many nations throughout the world.
First World's Fair
These wars were fought over the mineral wealth in South Africa between the Dutch and British?
The Boer Wars
In 1903, this Saint and Pope is known for lowering the age of First Communion to the age of reason.
Pope Saint Pius X
Who was the first person to orbit the earth?
Yuri Gargarin
Who was the Author of the “Father Brown Mysteries”?
G.K. Chesterton
In 1989 when East Germans were allowed to cross into West Berlin after mounting political pressure and peaceful protests, this marked the collapse of divided Germany during the end of the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall fell.
Which war is known as “The Great War”?
World War I
Mary appeared to this poor quiet French girl and asked her to dig with her hands until water flowed, uncovering a spring that is today the source of miraculous healings.
Saint Bernadette Soubirous
The U.S. was able to finally beat the Soviet Union at which Space Feat in 1969?
Landing a Man on the moon.
Who sent a letter to Franklin Roosevelt warning that Germany was developing an atomic bomb?
Albert Einstein
This event occurred in 1937 when the German airship caught fire while landing in New Jersey, killing 36 people and effectively ending the era of passenger airships.
The Hindenburg disaster
This revolution began when the Russian political union over threw the Tzar and ended with the forming of the Soviet Union.
Bolshevik Revolution
In 1903, in Portugal, this event lasted for about 10 minutes and was seen by tens of thousands people.
Miracle at Fatima
What animal was launched into space by the USSR?
Laika the dog
Famous writer and author who wrote “The Jungle Book”.
Rudyard Kipling
In 1918, this global outbreak infected a large portion of the world’s population and caused tens of millions of deaths worldwide.
The Spanish Flu Epidemic
During this war, the union blockaded the Confederate States interfering trade with many European countries.
American Civil War
This French saint and Doctor of the Church was a gentle 17th-century bishop and writer known for his teachings on patience and kindness and later named the patron saint of writers and journalists.
St. Francis de Sales
What was the 1958 U.S. response to the launch of Sputnik?
Creation of N.A.S.A (National Air and Space Administration)
This Norwegian explorer was the first to reach the South Pole in December 1911, beating a British expedition by just five weeks.
Roald Amundsen
Which political and economic union was formed through a post-World War II effort to promote peace and cooperation among 28 countries and was later solidified by the Maastricht Treaty?
European Union
These 3 things made World War I different and more deadly than previous wars.
1.Trench warfare,
2.Airplanes
3.Machine guns.
This Saint was drafted into Napolean’s army but later was able to complete his studies and eventually take his vows as a priest. Known as the Cure d’Ars- healer from Ars.
Saint John Vianney