Unit 12 & 13 Test Review

In 1962 the Soviet Union tried to place nuclear missles on this island only 90 miles from the United States but was stopped

• Jamacia

• Cuba

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico

Fidel Castro & Cuba during the 1960s was ...

• Democratic

• Communist

• Socialist

• Monarchy

Why was the US concerned with Cuba in the 1960s?

• Cuba was near the US, but friends with the Soviet Union

• Cuba was allied with Germany & working to reinstate Adolf Hitler

• Cuba was far away from the US but still communist & allies with Italy

• Cuba aided North Korea during the Korean War

What was found in Cuba in 1962?

• Italy's testing site for the atomic bombs

• Soviet Union missiles bases that were ready to launch

• Cuban rebels training to overthrow Castro

• China's troops that were sent to help North Korea

What does this illustration display?

• Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba pointed at the U.S

• Flights from Cuba to North American cities

• Exportation of sugar to the U.S

• Cuban Baseball Team's travel destinations

The Cuban Missile Crisis was caused by the Soviets placing nuclear weapons on the island of Cuba.

• True

• False

The Korean War and the Space Race were both

• major events that led to K-Pop, Samsung and Playstation

• major events of the Cold War

• major events that to a technology boom

• events that sparked the birth of cell phones

What was the name of the first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union?

• Gagarin
• Apollo 11
• Sputnik
• Apollo 13

Who were the two participants in the Space Race?

• The US and Cuba
• China and US
• The USSR and US
• US and North Vietnam

The picture shows

• The Soviet Union wanted to invade the world in 1990

• The United States and the Soviet Union stopped making nuclear weapons after 1990

• Arms race during Cold War

• The Soviet Union's economy grew faster than the United States during the 1980s