Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis

Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis

10th Grade

9 Qs

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Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis

Understanding the Cuban Missile Crisis

Assessment

Interactive Video

History

10th Grade

Easy

Created by

Mark Jackson

Used 1+ times

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event in 1961 influenced the Soviet Union to place missiles in Cuba?

The Berlin Crisis

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

The Vietnam War

The Korean War

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Richard Nixon

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Dwight D. Eisenhower

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of missiles were discovered being constructed in Cuba?

Short-range ballistic missiles

Cruise missiles

Intermediate-range ballistic missiles

Intercontinental ballistic missiles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the term used by Kennedy to describe the naval operation around Cuba?

Quarantine

Blockade

Siege

Embargo

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Soviet leader did Kennedy negotiate with during the crisis?

Leonid Brezhnev

Joseph Stalin

Mikhail Gorbachev

Nikita Khrushchev

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the U.S. military's readiness level during the peak of the crisis?

DEFCON 1

DEFCON 2

DEFCON 3

DEFCON 5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the U.S. agree to not do as part of the resolution to the crisis?

Cut diplomatic ties with the USSR

Remove missiles from Turkey

Increase tariffs on imported goods

Invade Cuba

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What significant agreement was signed after the crisis to prevent similar incidents?

Warsaw Pact

START I

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

SALT I

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?
The US almost started a war with Cuba.
The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.
The US landed a person on the moon.
The USSR broke apart into nation-states.