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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name

Class

Date

The U.S. set up missiles in Italy and this country

Turkey

Cuba

USSR

Days the Cuban Missile Crisis lasted

100

President of U.S. during Cuban Missile Crisis

President Kennedy

President Eisenhower

President Castro

Leader of the Soviet Union during the missile crisis

Nikita Khrushchev

Joseph Stalin

Che Guevara

Mikail Gorbachov

Spy plane that captured images of missiles in Cuba

U-2 surveillance

Gary Powers

B-29

Cuba was put under one of these by the U.S.

Time out

Communist

Blockade

Detention

Which of the following did NOT precede the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

The installation of nuclear missile sites in Turkey and Italy

The naval blockade of Cuba

The installation of the Berlin Wall

How did the United States learn that the Soviets had installed missiles in Cuba?

The Soviet Union sent a letter saying they had done this.

An American U-2 spy plane flying over Cuba captured pictures of the missiles

Fidel Castro called President Kennedy to boast about the missiles.

A Cuban exile informed President Kennedy that he had helped install the missiles

Who was upset after being left out in negotiations during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Nikita Khrushchev

John F. Kennedy

Fidel Castro

Winston Churchill

10.

Which of the following was NOT included in the compromise during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The United States remove missiles from Turkey and Italy.

The United States must agree to never invade Cuba again.

The Soviet Union would remove missiles from Cuba.

Cuba would agree not to invade the United States.

11.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President (a) and Soviet leader (b) almost took the world into a nuclear war.

Choose from the below words

Kennedy

Khrushchev

Johnson

Nixon

Gorbachev

Stalin

12.

During which event did the world nearly experience a nuclear confrontation ? (a)

Choose from the below words

Cold War

Vietnam War

Korean War

Cuban Missile Crisis

13.

Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of John Kennedy’s presidency?

The US almost started a war with Cuba.

The US and the USSR almost started a nuclear war.

The US landed a person on the moon.

The USSR broke apart into nation-states.

14.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President (a) and Soviet leader (b) almost took the world into a nuclear war.

Choose from the below words

Kennedy

Khrushchev

Johnson

Nixon

Gorbachev

Stalin

15.

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba.

They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.

They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.

They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

16.

The Cuban Missile Crisis ended with...

an agreement by both the Soviet Union and the US to remove missiles.

the Soviet Union giving into an ultimatum from the US.

a successful US invasion that overthrew the communist government.

the US giving in and allowing the missiles to remain in place.

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

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