WorksheetsCold War: Korean War and Cuban Missile Crisis
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Shutting off of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.
blockade
containment
perestroika
satellites
An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift
Detente
A competition between superpowers to develop new, more deadly nuclear and controversial weapons.
Arms Race
Domino Theory
Glasnost
Warsaw Pact
A massive concrete barrier, dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin. The wall acted as a symbol of the Cold War and Soviet Union restrictions.
Berlin Wall
Cold War
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
Was there any Nuclear missile launching during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
No
Yes
During the Cold War, who was the United States' biggest adversary?
Germany
North Korea
England
Soviet Union
Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US.
US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US.
Cubans created their own nuclear missile program and were threatening to use them against the US in retaliation for the US attempt to overthrow their dictator.
The US government was threatening to use nuclear weapons on Cuba as a means to get rid of their dictator if they did not convert from communism to democracy.
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
Cuba forfiets
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?
North and South Vietnam
East and West Asia
North and South Korea
East and West Europe
Before World War II, Korea was ruled by
Russia
China
Japan
USA
Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.
35th
36th
37th
38th
How do we know that the Korean War was a civil war?
The USA helped South Korea.
The UN got involved in the war.
North Korea was fighting South Korea.
The USSR sent help to North Korea.
What happened on 25th June 1950?
South Korea started border skirmishes along the 38th parallel.
The USA withdrew from South Korea.
North Korea invaded South Korea.
The UN sent help to South Korea.
