WorksheetsCuban Missile Crisis
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 3hrs 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Bay of Pigs happened on _____________.
a)
January, 1961
b)
April, 1961
c)
February, 1961
d)
March, 1961
2.
The leader of Cuba is_____________.
a)
Fidel Castro
b)
John F. Kennedy
c)
Nikita Khrushchev
d)
Raul Castro
3.
The agreement between the US and the Soviet Union was that they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the US did what?
a)
Take missiles out of Poland
b)
Promised not to attack Cuba
c)
Promised to not attack the Soviet Union
d)
Take missiles out of the Soviet Union
4.
The ____________ were badly outnumbered during the Bay of Pigs by ___________ troops.
a)
Islanders, US
b)
Crew members, Castro's
c)
Cuba exiles, Castro's
d)
Invaders, US
5.
Who sided with Castro during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Raul Castro
b)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
6.
The Cuban missiles were being installed _____ miles from the shore of Florida.
a)
90
b)
100
c)
110
d)
80
7.
What did the US Navy established around Cuba?
a)
A naval blockade
b)
Bases
c)
Missiles
d)
Ship Ports
8.
What did Khrushchev want when sending the missiles to Cuba?
a)
To increase the Soviet Union's nuclear capability
b)
Aid the Cuba
c)
Aid the US
d)
To increase the US nuclear capability
9.
What was the purpose of the US blockade of Cuba?
a)
Prevent missiles and military equipment from going in
b)
Prevent missiles and military equipment from going out
c)
Torture the Cubans into submission
d)
Torture the Cubans so that they will fight the Russians
10.
How long was the conflict?
a)
12 days
b)
13 days
c)
1 week
d)
1 month
11.
Who was the leader who took power in Cuba?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
FDR
12.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
13.
Who was the U.S. president of the time?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
George Washington
14.
What countries were in the conflict?
a)
The U.S, Russia, and Cuba
b)
The U.S, Germany, the Soviet Union
c)
Cuba, The U.S, and the Soviet Union.
d)
The U.S and Cuba
15.
What conflict did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur in?
a)
WW2
b)
Cold War
c)
WW1
d)
Vietnam War
16.
Who did the U.S look for support from?
a)
China
b)
Japan
c)
Germany
d)
UN
17.
Where did the US have nuclear missiles?
a)
Italy and China
b)
Western Europe and Turkey
c)
Turkey and Italy
d)
Western Europe and China
18.
What is M.A.D?
a)
Missiles Are Dangerous
b)
More Action Destroyed
c)
Mutual Assured Destruction
d)
Mega Announced Disaster
19.
When was the Cuban Missil Crisis?
a)
October 14, 1962 to October 28, 1962
b)
October 14, 1961 to October 28, 1961
c)
1947 to 1991
d)
January 26, 1962 to February 5, 1962
20.
What was the EXCOMM?
a)
A level of sound someone is making in the war
b)
A group of officials to help Kennedy make Decisions
c)
The Russian government that makes decision
d)
A strategy to end the crisis
21.
Why did the U.S. place missiles in Turkey?
a)
They wanted to keep the Soviet Union in check during the period of Cold War
b)
The US had too many missiles, that they didn't have enough storage
c)
The US wanted a place close to Cuba so they could easily destroy Cuba
d)
They wanted to test the missiles in Turkey
22.
Why did the US blockade Cuba?
a)
Cuba betrayed the US by suprise attacking the US
b)
They sent a bomb to the US and bombed the US
c)
The US hated Cuba
d)
The US discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba
23.
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
b)
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
c)
Cuba forfiets
d)
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
24.
What is an embargo?
a)
A tax on imports
b)
A limit on the number of goods that can be imported into a country.
c)
When one country stops trading with another country in order to put pressure on their government.
d)
When the government tells businesses what and how much to produce.
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