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Climbing Space

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Question 8
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Why did explorer George Mallory say he wanted to climb Mount Everest?

Question 9
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What is Kennedy's claim in this speech?

Question 10
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List the reasons that he gives to support his claim?

Question 11
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What is one counter-argument?

Question 12
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1. Is Kennedy using emotion, logic, or ethics to convince his audience? 2. Give an example. 3. Expain why you think this.


There may be more than one answer.

Where does John F. Kennedy want America to go?
A Mars
B the Moon
C Mount Everest
D Venus
What does John F. Kennedy try to persuade the listener of?
A the necessity of increasing the space budget next year
B the necessity of cooperating with other nations
C the importance of sending astronauts to the moon
D going to the moon is as important as climbing Mount Everest
At the time of this speech, the United States placed great importance on the space program. What evidence from the speech supports this conclusion?
A "Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. "
B "But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly to the Atlantic?"
C "We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
D "This year's space budget is hree times what it was in January of 1961, and it is greater than the space budget of the previous eight years combined..."
What is the reason why John F. Kennedy may have given this speech?
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What is the main message of this speech?
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Read the follwoing sentence: "The growth of our science and education will be enriched by new knowledge of our universe and environment, by new techniques of learning and mappng and observation, by ne tools an computers for industry, medicine, the home as well as the school."

As used in this sentence, what does the word "enriched" mean?
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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
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