Worksheets11.3/11.4 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
In 1957, the USSR successfully launched this satellite into space:
Hubble Telescope
Gemini 2
Apollo 11
Sputnik
What "politically tense" event began in 1962 when the U.S. discovered that the USSR had placed ICBM missile sites in Cuba?
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Laika disaster
U-2 incident
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?
Space Race
Brinkmanship
Containment
The idea that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other nations would soon follow...
Communism
Imperialism
Vietnamization
Domino Theory
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)
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Mikhal Gorbachav
Fidel Castro
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
What was the main purpose of NATO, formed in 1949?
To promote communism in post-war Europe
To provide mutual defense against an attack by the USSR
To establish a new world order
To encourage trade between member countries
What was the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
It led to the end of the Cold War.
It was the closest the world came to nuclear war during the Cold War.
It resulted in the removal of US missiles from Turkey.
It marked the beginning of détente.
Leader of China during Cold War
Kim Jung Un
Mao Zedong
Stalin
Chinas leader
What was the acronym M.A.D about during Cold War
(a)
What was the symbolic end of the Cold War in November of 1989
(a)
What was the "Iron Curtain" a metaphor for during the Cold War?
The division between North and South Korea
The economic divide between the rich and poor countries
The ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas
The defensive fortifications of the Great Wall of China
