Cuban Missile Crisis

What does MAD stand for in the context of the Cold War?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Massive Attack Directive

• Military Arms Division

• Mutual Assimilation Deal

Which two superpowers were primarily involved in the Cold War?

• USA and China

• USA and USSR

• USSR and China

• USA and Germany

Which event nearly caused a nuclear war between the USA and the USSR?

• Berlin Blockade

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

What was the main goal of the Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations?

• To prevent nuclear weapons in Cuba and remove US missiles from Turkey

• To start a nuclear war

• To remove all nuclear weapons from the Western Hemisphere

• To establish a US missile base in Cuba

What was the primary reason for the USA's involvement in Vietnam?

• To prevent the spread of communism

• To gain economic control

• To support French colonial rule

• To spread democracy

What was the Prague Spring?

• An economic policy introduced by the USSR

• A military operation by NATO

• A reform movement in Czechoslovakia

• A cultural festival in Czechoslovakia

Which doctrine justified the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Warsaw Pact

• Brezhnev Doctrine

How did the Prague Spring begin?

• By implementing reforms towards a more liberal government

• Through a series of protests

• By a declaration of independence from the USSR

• With a military coup

What was the main reason for the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia?

• To suppress democratic reforms

• To protect Czechoslovakia from a NATO invasion

• To support Czechoslovakia against NATO

• To install a communist government

Who was the first human to set foot on the Moon?

• Buzz Aldrin

• John Glenn

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong