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11.3/11.4 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1957, the USSR successfully launched this satellite into space:

a)

Hubble Telescope

b)

Gemini 2

c)

Apollo 11

d)

Sputnik

2.

What "politically tense" event began in 1962 when the U.S. discovered that the USSR had placed ICBM missile sites in Cuba?

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Laika disaster

d)

U-2 incident

3.

In 1956, John Dulles said the U.S. was willing to risk war in order to state our interests/goals. What did the U.S. call this policy of pushing close to the edge of war?

a)

Space Race

b)

Brinkmanship

c)

Containment

4.

The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...

a)

Communism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Vietnamization

d)

Domino Theory

5.
Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"
a)
Inflation
b)
Detente
c)
Stagflation
d)
Constipation 
6.

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

7.

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

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Felipe Gonzales

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Pancho Villa

8.

Who is the man with the "missile teeth"?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

Raul Rodriguez

d)

Che Guevara

9.

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)

10.

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

11.

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

12.
The Space Race was a part of what war?  
a)
Vietnam War
b)
World War II
c)
Cold War
d)
Afghanistan War
13.
Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
John Glenn
c)
Yuri Gagarin  
d)
Buzz Aldrin
14.

What was the main purpose of NATO, formed in 1949?

a)

To promote communism in post-war Europe

b)

To provide mutual defense against an attack by the USSR

c)

To establish a new world order

d)

To encourage trade between member countries

15.

What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

It led to the end of the Cold War.

b)

It was the closest the world came to nuclear war during the Cold War.

c)

It resulted in the removal of US missiles from Turkey.

d)

It marked the beginning of détente.

16.

Leader of China during Cold War

a)

Kim Jung Un

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Stalin

d)

Chinas leader

17.

What was the acronym M.A.D about during Cold War

(a)  

18.

What was the symbolic end of the Cold War in November of 1989

(a)  

19.
How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?
a)
They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
b)
They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
c)
They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
d)
They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.
20.

What was the "Iron Curtain" a metaphor for during the Cold War?

a)

The division between North and South Korea

b)

The economic divide between the rich and poor countries

c)

The ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas

d)

The defensive fortifications of the Great Wall of China