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Cold War - Cuban Missile Crisis & Space Race Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the ____ ____ , the United States and the Soviet Union engaged a competition to see who had the best technology in space.

a)

Blue Moon

b)

Cold War

c)

Civil War

d)

None of the above

2.

The Space Race was considered important because...

a)

it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and economic system.

b)

the Soviet Union was much more advanced in science and technology.

c)

the United States is the largest country in the world.

d)

we had an opportunity to win many medals.

3.

The Space Race began in _____.

a)

1999

b)

1925

c)

1955

d)

2001

4.

Sputnik I was the name of the first successful satellite built by the _________ on October 4, 1957.

a)

Canadians

b)

South Americans

c)

Russians

d)

the United States

5.

On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy delivered a monumental speech at Rice University. He discussed....

a)

the meaning of democracy.

b)

why we choose to go to the moon.

c)

how to fly a space craft.

d)

the path to success.

6.

Which country placed the first man in space and orbited the Earth?

a)

The United States

b)

The Soviet Union

c)

England

d)

France

7.

Freedom 7 was the name of the spacecraft piloted by____ ______.

a)

James Monroe

b)

Henry Ford

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Alan Shepherd

8.

Yuri Gagarin was a cosmonaut from the _________ __________.

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Great Plains

c)

United States

d)

Big Easy

9.

The race to the moon was called the ______ ________.

a)

Amazing Race

b)

Fastest Race

c)

Space Race

d)

Hardest Race

10.

Did the United States launch their first satellite into space before or after the Soviet Union?

a)

Before

b)

After

11.

Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

12.

Who was the first man to walk on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

13.

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

14.

Who became the first American astronaut to journey into outer space traveling aboard Freedom 7 in May of 1961?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

15.

On July 16, 1969, three U.S. astronauts set off on the Apollo 11 space mission to attempt the...

a)

first lunar (moon) landing

b)

first orbit of the Earth

c)

first journey into outer space

16.

Which country was the first to send a man into space?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States of America

17.

The United States launched its own artificial satellite, _______ into space in 1958.

a)

Explorer I

b)

Sputnik

18.

In 1958, President Eisenhower created ________, a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.

a)

IAU

b)

FBI

c)

NASA

d)

CIA

19.

Which country was the first to send a man to the moon?

a)

United States of America

b)

Soviet Union

20.

The ________ was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.

a)

Project Apollo

b)

Project Mercury

21.

The ________ was the first human spaceflight program of the United States to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely.

a)

Project Mercury

b)

Project Apollo

22.

Which country was the first to send an artificial satellite into the Earth's orbit?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States of America

23.

The Soviet Union launched ________, the worlds first artificial satellite, into the Earth's orbit in 1957.

a)

Sputnik

b)

Explorer I

24.

During the Apollo 11 space mission, which astronaut piloted the spacecraft and stayed in orbit around the moon?

a)

Michael Collins

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Buzz Aldrin

25.

Who was the President of The United States during the Crisis?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

George Washington

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Robert F. Kennedy

26.

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

a)

Vladimir Putin

b)

Vladmir Lenin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Nikita Khrushchev

27.

Why did the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba?

a)

To have more missiles because they couldn't match the nuclear power of the US

b)

To counter the US missiles in Australia and South Korea

c)

To counter the US missiles in Italy and Turkey

d)

To have control over Texas

28.

What did Khrushchev want when sending the missiles to Cuba?

a)

To increase the Soviet Union's nuclear capability

b)

he believed the missiles were dangerous in Russia

c)

Aid the US

d)

To increase the US nuclear capability

29.

What was the failed attempt by the United States to invade Cuba and remove Castro from power?

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Berlin Airlift

c)

Berlin Wall

d)

Cuban Missle Crisis

30.

Which happened last?

a)

Kennedy and Khrushchev reached an agreement

b)

Nuclear missile sites were built in Turkey

c)

Nuclear missile sites were built in Cuba

d)

We went into nuclear war with France

31.

What happened on October 16, 1962?

a)

The Soviet Union bombed the United States

b)

The Soviet Union learned that the United States had built missile sites in Turkey and Italy

c)

The United States bombed the Soviet Union

d)

The United States learned that the Soviet Union was building missile sites in Cuba

32.

At one time, Cuba had been allied with _____.

a)

Both

b)

Neither

c)

The Soviet Union

d)

The United States

33.

How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis Last?

a)

13 Days

b)

13 Hours

c)

14 Days

d)

3 Months

34.

When did the Cuban Missile Crisis Officially Start?

a)

October 21, 1962

b)

October 14, 1962

c)

October 16, 1962

d)

Never even happened

35.

What was the Name of the American Spy Plane that Captured Photos of the Soviets planting nuclear missiles?

a)

U-2 Spy Plane

b)

X-Wing

c)

RF-61 Reporter

d)

VTOL Quinjet

36.

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

37.

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

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Felipe Gonzales

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Pancho Villa

38.

Who is the man with the "missile teeth"?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Raul Rodriguez

d)

Che Guevara

39.

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)

40.

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

41.

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

42.

The agreement between the US and the Soviet Union was that they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the US would________________?

a)

Take missiles out of Poland

b)

Promise not to invade Cuba

c)

Promised to not attack the Soviet Union

d)

Take missiles out of the Soviet Union

43.

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

44.

Many say that POTUS Kennedy's "greatest moment" was his successful _________.

a)

creation of the Peace Corps

b)

victory in the Vietnam War

c)

handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

e)

second term

45.

Who is the man on the right?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Vasili Arkhipov

d)

John F. Kennedy

e)

Yuri Gagarin

46.

WHO is the "dentist" (holing the pliers)?

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Nikita Khrushchev

d)

Yuri Gagarin

e)

Vasili Arkhipov

47.

This barred testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere (1963):

a)

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

b)

Atmospheric Hydrogen Bomb Test Treaty

c)

SALT I

d)

Tsar Bomba Elimination Treaty

48.

The US secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles near the USSR in what two countries?

a)

Latvia & Estonia

b)

Italy and Turkey

c)

Rome & Greece

d)

Cuba and Finland

e)

Ukraine & Czechoslovakia

49.

What was established between the US And the USSR after the Cuban Missile Crisis to make it possible for talk directly during a crisis?

a)

direct telegraph line from DC to Moscow

b)

telephone hotline from DC to Moscow

c)

internet (email) line between DC and Moscow

d)

satellite communications between DC and Moscow

50.

What is the "thing" in the box?

a)

naval blockade

b)

quarantine

c)

nuclear war

d)

the Cold War

e)

Fidel Castro