FAC: CS 22 Nuclear Weapons

Who was the scientist that sent a letter to FDR warning about Germany's atomic bomb development

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Niels Bohr

• Marie Curie

What was the Manhattan Project?

• A government-organized group during WWII that secretly created the atomic bomb

• A peace treaty between the US and Japan

• A military alliance between the US and USSR

• A scientific conference on nuclear energy

Who became president after FDR and decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan?

• Harry Truman

• Dwight Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

What was the purpose of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences?

• To determine how to divide and handle Germany after WWII

• To establish the United Nations

• To negotiate peace with Japan

• To discuss the Marshall Plan

Which Japanese city was destroyed by the first US atomic bomb?

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Tokyo

• Osaka

Which Japanese city was destroyed by the SECOND US atomic bomb?

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Tokyo

• Osaka

What was the Nuclear "arms race"?

• A race between the US and Soviet Union to develop more powerful weapons

• A competition to build the fastest aircraft

• A contest to create the first nuclear power plant

• A diplomatic negotiation to reduce nuclear weapons

What was Sputnik?

• The first artificial satellite put into orbit by the Soviet Union

• A US space shuttle that landed on the moon

• America's first nuclear submarine

• A Soviet space station

What does the term "Superpower" refer to?

• A country dominant in world politics due to economic and military strength

• A nation with the largest population

• A state with the most advanced technology

• A region with the richest natural resources

What is the concept of "Mutual Assured Destruction"?

• A strategy where both sides agree to disarm nuclear weapons

• A policy where only the attacker is destroyed in a nuclear war

• A military strategy where both the attacker and defender are destroyed in a nuclear conflict

• A peace treaty to prevent nuclear war