Cuban Missile Crisis

What did the Joint Chiefs of Staff want to do when they discovered missiles in Cuba?

• Full invasion of Cuba

• Work with diplomats to find a solution

• Attack the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons

• Bomb North Korea and invade across the 38th parallel

What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

• Spain and Portugal

• England and France

• Germany and Italy

• United States and Soviet Union

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

• Berlin Blockade

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

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

Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Felipe Gonzales

• Fidel Castro

• Pancho Villa

Out of the options presented to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he elected to go with which one?

• "quarantine" or blockade Cuba

• airstrike on key bases

• launch a full invasion and overthrow Castro

• use diplomacy to appeal to Castro

Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Robert Kennedy

• James Gregory

Who is the man with the "missile teeth"?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• Raul Rodriguez

• Che Guevara

This cartoon represents which topic?

• the Space Race

• the Arms Race

• the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

• the Earth's environmental problems