Vietnam War Era Vocabulary Quiz

Who was the communist leader who helped overthrow the Cuban government in 1959 and led the country until 2008?

• Che Guevara
• Fidel Castro
• Fulgencio Batista
• Raul Castro

What defense policy allowed for the appropriate action in any type of conflict?

• Containment
• Domino theory
• Flexible response
• Brinkmanship

Which American government organization sent volunteers to provide technical, educational, and medical services to developing countries?

• USAID
• Peace Corps
• Red Cross
• Doctors Without Borders

What was President Kennedy's program that gave economic aid to Latin America called?

• New Frontier
• Great Society
• Alliance for Progress
• Good Neighbor Policy

What was the name of the failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles?

• Operation Mongoose
• Bay of Pigs invasion
• Cuban Revolution
• Operation Zapata

What 1962 conflict resulted from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• Bay of Pigs invasion
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Operation Northwoods
• Havana Crisis

Who was the Communist Party leader who served as premier of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964 and led during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Joseph Stalin
• Leonid Brezhnev
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Yuri Andropov

What was the direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin set up after the Cuban Missile Crisis called?

• Red Phone
• Moscow-Washington telecoms
• Hot line
• Crisis Communication Channel

Which 1963 nuclear-weapons agreement banned aboveground nuclear tests?

• SALT I
• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• START Treaty

What was the name of the dividing wall built by East Germany in 1961 to isolate West Berlin from communist-controlled East Berlin?

• Iron Curtain
• Brandenburg Gate
• Berlin Wall
• Checkpoint Charlie