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• The Space Race

How many days did Gemini 7 spend in space, setting a crewed-flight endurance record in 1965?

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14 days

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• The Space Race

Which Apollo 8 astronaut took the famous Earthrise photograph from lunar orbit?

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William Anders

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• The Space Race

Which rocket launched NASA’s Explorer 1 satellite into orbit in January 1958?

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Jupiter-C

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• The Space Race

What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module that returned its crew safely to Earth in 1970?

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Odyssey

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• The Space Race

Which Apollo mission carried the first scientific experiment package left on the Moon by astronauts?

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Apollo 11

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• The Space Race

Which Soviet rocket was designed to carry cosmonauts to the Moon but never reached orbit successfully?

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N1

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• The Space Race

What was the name of the first American space station, launched by NASA in 1973?

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Skylab

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What was the name of the Apollo 10 lunar module used to rehearse a Moon landing in 1969?

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Snoopy

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• Feudal Japan And The Samurai

Which 1868–1869 war ended the Tokugawa shogunate and established imperial rule in Japan?

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Boshin War

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• Feudal Japan And The Samurai

Which 1333 siege destroyed Kamakura and ended the Kamakura shogunate?

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Siege of Kamakura

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• Feudal Japan And The Samurai

Who wrote Hagakure, an early-18th-century collection of teachings about samurai conduct?

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Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Which 1221 conflict saw Emperor Go-Toba challenge the Kamakura shogunate and lose power?

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Jōkyū War

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