WorksheetsVietnam & Cuban Missile Crisis
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 22mins
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Mikhal Gorbachav
Fidel Castro
Sergei Fedorov
Who was the Cuban Dictator during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Dwight Eisenhower
Edwardo Obstinado
Kennedy approved an invasion plan called
Destroy Castro
Operation Cuba's Biggest Regret
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U-2Coastal Operation
The Soviet Nuclear Crisis
The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)
Inchon Invasion
Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)
How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?
from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers
from US spy satellites
from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions
the British intercepted the telegram which outlined the nuclear missile project in Cuba
from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane
What did Kennedy's "Quarantine" of Cuba actually do?
ally
shun
blockade
attack
What was the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The ambassadors from both countries came to an agreement to remove missiles from the countries each were concerned about
The President and Soviet Premier decided that they would both agree to disagree without fighting
Kennedy lifted the blockade but Cuba still had missiles on it
Khrushchev decided to remove missiles from Cuba to get the blockade lifted without talking to the US first, as an act of good faith
Guerrilla Warfare was-
Fighting by small groups using tactics such as the ambush
Using gorillas to fight against enemy soldiers
Dressing up as gorillas and fighting while hitting your chest
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
Vietnamization
Communism
Domino Theory
Imperialism
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.
True
False
In 1975, two years after the last American troops left Vietnam,:
South Vietnam defeated the Viet Cong
the United Nations drew up a treaty ending the war
South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam
