Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz

When did the Cuban Missile Crisis begin?

• October 1961

• October 1962

• November 1961

• November 1962

What action did the U.S. take after discovering Soviet missiles in Cuba?

• They invaded Cuba

• They broke diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union

• They announced a naval quarantine of Cuba

• They removed their missiles from Turkey

What did Fidel Castro declare in early 1962 that escalated tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

• His resignation from office

• His support for the United States

• His allegiance to Marxist-Leninism and international communism

• His neutrality in the Cold War

Who led a communist revolution in Cuba and attempted to forge a relationship with the Soviet Union?

• Mao Zedong

• Gamel Abdel Nasser

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

What event did Fidel Castro fend off after seizing power in Cuba?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Bay of Pigs invasion

• The Berlin Crisis of 1961

• The Suez Crisis

What was the reaction of the Soviet Union to the developments in Berlin in 1961?

• They cut off all diplomatic relations with Cuba.

• They increased exports of important military materiel to Cuba.

• They supported Fidel Castro's decision to court China.

• They removed all military support from Cuba.

What was the main reason Khrushchev placed nuclear missiles in Cuba according to the text?

• To strengthen the defense of Cuba

• To give the impression that the Soviet Union had a missile gap in their favor

• To directly attack the United States

• To support the Cuban economy

What was Kennedy's response to the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba?

• He ordered an immediate invasion of Cuba

• He initiated a full-scale war with the Soviet Union

• He imposed a quarantine on Cuba

• He removed U.S. missiles from Turkey

What does the 1962 aerial photograph in the image show?

• A military base in the United States

• The construction of a medium-range ballistic missile launch site in Cuba

• A naval shipyard during the Cuban Missile Crisis

• An airfield used by American forces

What did the United States agree to do as part of the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Increase the number of missiles in Turkey

• Invade Castro's Cuba

• Remove their own missiles from Turkey

• Establish a permanent military base in Cuba