Worksheets26.1 Video Quiz: Brinkmanship and the Arms Race
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 15mins
1-10.
Answer the questions below after watching the video
What year did the Soviet Union successfully test its own atomic bomb?
1949
1945
1953
1952
Which bomb is described as having 67 times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
Neutron Bomb
Atomic Bomb
Hydrogen Bomb
Plutonium Bomb
What policy threatened all-out nuclear war to deter the Soviet Union?
Containment
Mutual Assured Destruction
Brinksmanship
Detente
Which policy was based on the idea that a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an equal response?
Brinksmanship
Mutual Assured Destruction
Containment
Detente
Which country was the first target of CIA's covert operations to install a pro-US government?
Cuba
Iran
Guatemala
Vietnam
What was the primary goal of the Eisenhower Doctrine?
To encourage European unity
To support space exploration
To promote nuclear disarmament
To defend the Middle East from communism
Which event marked the beginning of the space race?
The launch of Apollo 11
The launch of Sputnik
The U-2 incident
The creation of NASA
What was the outcome of the U-2 incident?
It led to a temporary peace agreement
The US apologized to the Soviet Union
It escalated tensions between the US and the Soviet Union
The pilot was executed by the Soviet Union
What was the significant effect of the arms race on US defense spending by the end of Eisenhower's presidency?
It doubled
It increased by 40%
It remained the same
It decreased by 20%
What did Eisenhower warn against in his farewell address?
The dangers of nuclear war
The influence of the military-industrial complex
The threat of space exploration
The rise of communism
