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Cuban Missile Crisis Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This cartoon represents which topic?

a)

the Space Race

b)

the Arms Race

c)

the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

d)

the Earth's environmental problems

2.

Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Felipe Gonzales

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Pancho Villa

3.

Who is the man with the "missile teeth"?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Raul Rodriguez

d)

Che Guevara

4.

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)

5.

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

6.

Out of the options presented to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he elected to go with which one?

a)

"quarantine" or blockade Cuba

b)

airstrike on key bases

c)

launch a full invasion and overthrow Castro

d)

use diplomacy to appeal to Castro

7.

What is the "thing" in the box?

a)

naval blockade

b)

quarantine

c)

nuclear war

d)

the Cold War

e)

Fidel Castro

8.

Who was the United States President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Robert Kennedy

e)

James Gregory

9.

In what country did the Soviet Union put nuclear missile sites that could hit any target within the United States

a)

Guatemala

b)

Mexico

c)

Italy

d)

Turkey

e)

Cuba

10.

Castro formed a _______________ government and took away many citizens' __________________.

a)

autocratic; money

b)

democratic; homes

c)

socialist; freedom

d)

communist; rights