Cold War: Korean War and Cuban Missile Crisis

Shutting off of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.

• blockade

• containment

• perestroika

• satellites

An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Iron Curtain

• Berlin Airlift

• Detente

A competition between superpowers to develop new, more deadly nuclear and controversial weapons.

• Arms Race

• Domino Theory

• Glasnost

• Warsaw Pact

A massive concrete barrier, dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin. The wall acted as a symbol of the Cold War and Soviet Union restrictions.

• Berlin Wall

• Cold War

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

Was there any Nuclear missile launching during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• No

• Yes

During the Cold War, who was the United States' biggest adversary?

• Germany

• North Korea

• England

• Soviet Union

Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US.

• US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US.

• Cubans created their own nuclear missile program and were threatening to use them against the US in retaliation for the US attempt to overthrow their dictator.

• The US government was threatening to use nuclear weapons on Cuba as a means to get rid of their dictator if they did not convert from communism to democracy.

What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.

• The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba

• Cuba forfiets

• JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty

What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?

• North and South Vietnam

• East and West Asia

• North and South Korea

• East and West Europe

President Truman adopted a new foreign policy during the Cold War know as the Truman Doctrine. What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To expand trade with Europe
• To limit the build up of nuclear weapons
• To stop the spread of communism
• to send financial aid to Europe