World Cuban Missile Crisis

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Italy
• United States and Soviet Union

What is the best definition for a proxy war?

• A conflict or war that involves alliances

• A war between directly between two countries

• Countries who are indirectly helping or participating in conflict(s)

• diplomatic discussions that try to avoid full-fledged war

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• Joseph Stalin

In what country did the Soviet Union put nuclear missile sites that could hit any target within the United States

• Guatemala

• Mexico

• Italy

• Turkey

• Cuba

Who was the president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Harry S. Truman

• Gerald Ford

How did the United States discover that nuclear missiles were being installed into Cuba?

• They decoded a secret message from Fidel Castro

• U.S. spies in Russia found out

• Cubans smuggled secret documents into the U.S.

• Pictures from a U-2 spy plan

What did the Joint Chiefs of Staff want to do when they discovered missiles in Cuba?

• Full invasion of Cuba

• Work with diplomats to find a solution

• Attack the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons

• Bomb North Korea and invade across the 38th parallel

What event took place prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis that led to Cuba asking for help from the Soviet Union?

• Vietnam War

• Berlin Wall

• Bay of Pigs

• Korean War

What did the U.S. do once they discovered the missiles in Cuba?

• Attacked Cuba

• formed a blockade (quarantine) against new weapons entering Cuba

• Asked the United Nations for help

• Started negotiations with Fidel Castro

• Offered to pay to have the missiles removed

What did the U.S. agree to do in order to get the Soviet Union to remove their missiles from Cuba?

• Remove their "Jupiter" missiles from Berlin

• Remove their "Jupiter" missiles from Turkey

• Remove their "Jupiter" missiles from Iran

• None of the these