Question
1. Which of these had the BIGGEST impact on the early part of the Cold War?
A satellites
B television
C the internet
D personal computer
2. Television replaced ___ as the main source for news and entertainment in the U.S. in the decade following World War II.
A Broadway shows
B newspapers
C computers
D radio
3. What was “ENIAC”?
A the first television
B the first man-made satellite
C one of the earliest computer
D an early version of the Internet
A satellites
B television
C the internet
D personal computer
2. Television replaced ___ as the main source for news and entertainment in the U.S. in the decade following World War II.
A Broadway shows
B newspapers
C computers
D radio
3. What was “ENIAC”?
A the first television
B the first man-made satellite
C one of the earliest computer
D an early version of the Internet
Answers
GPT-4o mini
1. The correct answer is **A** (satellites). Early in the Cold War, the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union marked a significant moment that escalated tensions and competition between the U.S. and the USSR.
2. The correct answer is **D** (radio). Television became the dominant source of news and entertainment, surpassing radio in the years following World War II.
3. The correct answer is **C** (one of the earliest computers). ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was one of the first general-purpose computers, developed during the early 1940s.
2. The correct answer is **D** (radio). Television became the dominant source of news and entertainment, surpassing radio in the years following World War II.
3. The correct answer is **C** (one of the earliest computers). ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was one of the first general-purpose computers, developed during the early 1940s.