WorksheetsCold War - Cuban Missile Crisis & Space Race Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 33mins
During the ____ ____ , the United States and the Soviet Union engaged a competition to see who had the best technology in space.
Blue Moon
Cold War
Civil War
None of the above
The Space Race was considered important because...
it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and economic system.
the Soviet Union was much more advanced in science and technology.
the United States is the largest country in the world.
we had an opportunity to win many medals.
The Space Race began in _____.
1999
1925
1955
2001
Sputnik I was the name of the first successful satellite built by the _________ on October 4, 1957.
Canadians
South Americans
Russians
the United States
On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy delivered a monumental speech at Rice University. He discussed....
the meaning of democracy.
why we choose to go to the moon.
how to fly a space craft.
the path to success.
Which country placed the first man in space and orbited the Earth?
The United States
The Soviet Union
England
France
Freedom 7 was the name of the spacecraft piloted by____ ______.
James Monroe
Henry Ford
John F. Kennedy
Alan Shepherd
Yuri Gagarin was a cosmonaut from the _________ __________.
Soviet Union
Great Plains
United States
Big Easy
The race to the moon was called the ______ ________.
Amazing Race
Fastest Race
Space Race
Hardest Race
Did the United States launch their first satellite into space before or after the Soviet Union?
Before
After
Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Who was the first man to walk on the moon's surface on July 20, 1969?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Who became the first American astronaut to journey into outer space traveling aboard Freedom 7 in May of 1961?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
On July 16, 1969, three U.S. astronauts set off on the Apollo 11 space mission to attempt the...
first lunar (moon) landing
first orbit of the Earth
first journey into outer space
Which country was the first to send a man into space?
Soviet Union
United States of America
The United States launched its own artificial satellite, _______ into space in 1958.
Explorer I
Sputnik
In 1958, President Eisenhower created ________, a federal agency dedicated to space exploration.
IAU
FBI
NASA
CIA
Which country was the first to send a man to the moon?
United States of America
Soviet Union
The ________ was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.
Project Apollo
Project Mercury
The ________ was the first human spaceflight program of the United States to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely.
Project Mercury
Project Apollo
Which country was the first to send an artificial satellite into the Earth's orbit?
Soviet Union
United States of America
The Soviet Union launched ________, the worlds first artificial satellite, into the Earth's orbit in 1957.
Sputnik
Explorer I
During the Apollo 11 space mission, which astronaut piloted the spacecraft and stayed in orbit around the moon?
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Who was the President of The United States during the Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
George Washington
Bill Clinton
Robert F. Kennedy
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Vladimir Putin
Vladmir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Why did the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba?
To have more missiles because they couldn't match the nuclear power of the US
To counter the US missiles in Australia and South Korea
To counter the US missiles in Italy and Turkey
To have control over Texas
What did Khrushchev want when sending the missiles to Cuba?
To increase the Soviet Union's nuclear capability
he believed the missiles were dangerous in Russia
Aid the US
To increase the US nuclear capability
What was the failed attempt by the United States to invade Cuba and remove Castro from power?
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Cuban Missle Crisis
Which happened last?
Kennedy and Khrushchev reached an agreement
Nuclear missile sites were built in Turkey
Nuclear missile sites were built in Cuba
We went into nuclear war with France
What happened on October 16, 1962?
The Soviet Union bombed the United States
The Soviet Union learned that the United States had built missile sites in Turkey and Italy
The United States bombed the Soviet Union
The United States learned that the Soviet Union was building missile sites in Cuba
At one time, Cuba had been allied with _____.
Both
Neither
The Soviet Union
The United States
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis Last?
13 Days
13 Hours
14 Days
3 Months
When did the Cuban Missile Crisis Officially Start?
October 21, 1962
October 14, 1962
October 16, 1962
Never even happened
What was the Name of the American Spy Plane that Captured Photos of the Soviets planting nuclear missiles?
U-2 Spy Plane
X-Wing
RF-61 Reporter
VTOL Quinjet
This cartoon represents which topic?
the Space Race
the Arms Race
the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
the Earth's environmental problems
Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Felipe Gonzales
Fidel Castro
Pancho Villa
Who is the man with the "missile teeth"?
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Raul Rodriguez
Che Guevara
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
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Mikhal Gorbachav
Fidel Castro
The agreement between the US and the Soviet Union was that they would remove the missiles from Cuba if the US would________________?
Take missiles out of Poland
Promise not to invade Cuba
Promised to not attack the Soviet Union
Take missiles out of the Soviet Union
Out of the options presented to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he elected to go with which one?
"quarantine" or blockade Cuba
airstrike on key bases
launch a full invasion and overthrow Castro
use diplomacy to appeal to Castro
Many say that POTUS Kennedy's "greatest moment" was his successful _________.
creation of the Peace Corps
victory in the Vietnam War
handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
second term
Who is the man on the right?
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Vasili Arkhipov
John F. Kennedy
Yuri Gagarin
WHO is the "dentist" (holing the pliers)?
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuri Gagarin
Vasili Arkhipov
This barred testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere (1963):
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Atmospheric Hydrogen Bomb Test Treaty
SALT I
Tsar Bomba Elimination Treaty
The US secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles near the USSR in what two countries?
Latvia & Estonia
Italy and Turkey
Rome & Greece
Cuba and Finland
Ukraine & Czechoslovakia
What was established between the US And the USSR after the Cuban Missile Crisis to make it possible for talk directly during a crisis?
direct telegraph line from DC to Moscow
telephone hotline from DC to Moscow
internet (email) line between DC and Moscow
satellite communications between DC and Moscow
What is the "thing" in the box?
naval blockade
quarantine
nuclear war
the Cold War
Fidel Castro
