
The Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz
Authored by CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS
Social Studies
10th Grade
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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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