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Vietnam & Cuban Missile Crisis

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What conflict did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur in?
a)
WW2
b)
Cold War
c)
WW1
d)
Vietnam War
2.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Mikhal Gorbachav

d)

Fidel Castro

e)

Sergei Fedorov

3.

Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Nikita Khrushchev

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Dwight Eisenhower

e)

Edwardo Obstinado

4.

Kennedy approved an invasion plan called

a)

Destroy Castro

b)

Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret

c)

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

d)

The U-2Coastal Operation

e)

The Soviet Nuclear Crisis

5.

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

a)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

d)

Inchon Invasion

e)

Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)

6.

How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?

a)

from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers

b)

from US spy satellites

c)

from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions

d)

the British intercepted the telegram which outlined the nuclear missile project in Cuba

e)

from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane

7.

What did Kennedy's "Quarantine" of Cuba actually do?

a)

ally

b)

shun

c)

blockade

d)

attack

8.

What was the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

The ambassadors from both countries came to an agreement to remove missiles from the countries each were concerned about

b)

The President and Soviet Premier decided that they would both agree to disagree without fighting

c)

Kennedy lifted the blockade but Cuba still had missiles on it

d)

Khrushchev decided to remove missiles from Cuba to get the blockade lifted without talking to the US first, as an act of good faith

9.
Hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States but without military action was known as ______.
a)
Marshall Plan
b)
Iron Curtain
c)
Cold War
d)
Brinkmanship
10.
Who was the leader of the communist government in North Vietnam?
a)
 Mao Zedong
b)
Ho Chi Minh
c)
Le Duan 
d)
Ngo Dinh Diem
11.
What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
a)
38th Parallel
b)
17th Parallel
c)
Mekong River
d)
It was a straight line exactly halfway between the northern tip and the southern tip of the country
12.

Guerrilla Warfare was-

a)

Fighting by small groups using tactics such as the ambush

b)

Using gorillas to fight against enemy soldiers

c)

Dressing up as gorillas and fighting while hitting your chest

13.
Dwight Eisenhower "invented" what theory?
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Domino Theory
c)
Search - and - Destroy Theory
d)
Chemical Warfare Theory
14.
Which side ended up winning the Vietnam War and taking control of the country? 
a)
United States
b)
Soviet Union
c)
South Vietnam
d)
North Vietnam
15.
What are Napalm and Agent Orange are two examples of?
a)
guerilla fighting
b)
chemical weapons
c)
army helicopters
d)
missiles
16.
What were the problems of fighting in Vietnam?
a)
Identifying the enemy 
b)
Jungle/Location provided cover and a place to transport enemy supplies
c)
Weather and climate
d)
all of these
17.

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

a)

Vietnamization

b)

Communism

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Imperialism

18.
Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.
a)
Vietminization
b)
Vietcong
c)
Internationalism
d)
Linkage
19.

As a result of the Vietnam War, many Americans believe that U.S. forces should only be sent to world troublespots if U.S. security or vital interests are at stake.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

In 1975, two years after the last American troops left Vietnam,:

a)

South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong

b)

the United Nations drew up a treaty ending the war

c)

South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam