The Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz

The Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz

10th Grade

10 Qs

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The Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz

The Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event marked the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The Berlin Blockade

The construction of the Berlin Wall

The Bay of Pigs invasion

The signing of the NATO treaty

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the Soviet Premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Leonid Brezhnev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Nikita Khrushchev

Joseph Stalin

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the U.S. response to the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba?

A nuclear strike on the Soviet Union

Increased sanctions on the Soviet Union

A full-scale invasion of Cuba

A naval blockade of Cuba

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which U.S. President was in office during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Richard Nixon

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Dwight D. Eisenhower

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the U.S. agree to do in exchange for the Soviet Union removing its missiles from Cuba?

Join the Warsaw Pact

Withdraw from Vietnam

Give financial aid to the Soviet Union

Remove U.S. missiles from Turkey and Italy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?

6 months

1 month

13 days

1 year

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Soviet officer refused to authorize the launch of a nuclear torpedo, thus preventing escalation?

Yuri Gagarin

Vasili Arkhipov

Leonid Brezhnev

Mikhail Gorbachev

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