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Nuclear weapons

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which city was the second nuclear bomb dropped on, on 9th August 1945?

a)

Hiroshoma

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Pearl Harbour

d)

Tokyo

2.

Which country has nuclear weapons?

a)

France

b)

Mongolia

c)

Norway

d)

Denmark

3.

Which country has nuclear weapons?

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

Russia

d)

Morocco

4.

Which country has nuclear weapons?

a)

Austrailia

b)

Pakistan

c)

Sweden

d)

Iceland

5.

Which country has nuclear weapons

a)

Spain

b)

Algeria

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Rwanda

6.

The United States program to build the nuclear bomb was called...?

a)

The Manhattan Project

b)

Bomb Project

c)

New York Project

d)

Brooklyn Project

7.

What's the deterrence theory?

a)

Stockpiling nuclear weapons

b)

dismantling all weapons

c)

nukes are intended to deter other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons through the promise of retaliation

d)

Nukes are intended to encourage other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons through the promise of world peace

8.

Which of these people worked on the Manhattan Project?

a)

Leslie Groves

b)

Robert Oppenheimer

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Isaac Newton

9.

Which country has nuclear weapons?

a)

Jordan

b)

Afghanistan

c)

Iraq

d)

Israel

10.

True or false? India has nuclear weapons

a)

False

b)

True

11.

What is some of the fallout from nuclear bombs?

a)

Nuclear winter

b)

Radiation

c)

cancer

d)

all of the above

12.

The Cuban Missile Crisis caused the....?

a)

a war

b)

cold war

c)

Treaty of Non-Proliferation

d)

Vietnam War

13.

True or False: The cold war ended with nuclear war.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which of the following is the worlds strongest nuclear weapon

a)

Little Boy

b)

Fat Man

c)

B83

d)

Tsar Bomba

15.

Which of these is an under water nuclear weapon

a)

Tsar Bomba

b)

Poseidon

c)

B83

d)

Little boy

16.

What is the yield of the tsar bomba

a)

50kt

b)

50mt

c)

50m

d)

50tnt

17.

Who is known as the father of atomic bombs

a)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

b)

Edward Teller

c)

Paul Tibbets

d)

Andrei Sakharov

18.

When was the Little boy and Fat Man dropped

a)

1945

b)

1987

c)

1917

d)

1947

19.

During which World War was Little boy and fat man dropped on japan

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

20.

Which country has nuclear weapons?

a)

France

b)

Mongolia

c)

Norway

d)

Denmark

21.

Which country has nuclear weapons?

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

Russia

d)

Morocco

22.

Which country has nuclear weapons?

a)

Austrailia

b)

Pakistan

c)

Sweden

d)

Iceland

23.

Which country has nuclear weapons?

a)

Jordan

b)

Afghanistan

c)

Iraq

d)

Israel

24.

Which country has nuclear weapons

a)

Spain

b)

Algeria

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Rwanda

25.

True or False? The U.S. has nuclear weapons?

a)

true

b)

false

26.

True or false? India has nuclear weapons

a)

False

b)

True

27.

Nuclear fission was first discovered in.....?

a)

Nazi Germany

b)

United States

c)

Russia

d)

India

28.

What is some of the fallout from nuclear bombs?

a)

Nuclear winter

b)

Radiation

c)

cancer

d)

all of the above

29.

The United States program to build the nuclear bomb was called...?

a)

The Manhattan Project

b)

Bomb Project

c)

New York Project

d)

Brooklyn Project

30.

Which type of country has nuclear bombs?

a)

One with the best scientists

b)

Rich powerful ones

31.

The Cuban Missile Crisis caused the....?

a)

a war

b)

cold war

c)

Treaty of Non-Proliferation

d)

Vietnam War

32.

Which countries did NOT sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?

a)

U.S.

b)

Israel, Pakistan, India

c)

Pakistan only

d)

Israel and India

33.

How many nuclear weapons are estimated to be in the world today?

a)

10,000

b)

12,000

c)

15,000

d)

1 million

34.

What's the deterrence theory?

a)

Stockpiling nuclear weapons

b)

dismantling all weapons

c)

nukes are intended to deter other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons through the promise of retaliation

d)

Nukes are intended to encourage other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons through the promise of world peace

35.

How much is the U.S. planning on spending on nuclear weapons in the next few years?

a)

$450,000

b)

$ 1 billion

c)

$ 6 billion

d)

$ 1 trillion