Treaties
What is the name of the treaty where many countries promised not to spread nuclear weapons to new nations?
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty — NPT
Which two countries were the first to ever use and develop nuclear weapons?
The United States and Russia — then called the Soviet Union
What U.S. city was not the target of a nuclear bomb during World War II — Hiroshima, Nagasaki, or Tokyo?
Tokyo
What was the name of the first nuclear bomb ever used in war?
Little boy-dropped on Hiroshima in 1945
This is the only country that continues to test their nuclear weapons in the past 20 years.
What is North Korea?
What treaty bans testing nuclear weapons in the air, in space, or under water?
The Partial Test Ban Treaty — PTBT
Which country in Asia says it has nuclear weapons and often tests missiles near South Korea and Japan?
North Korea
How many people have died by virtue of nuclear tests?
480,000 people
What was the name of the plane used to drop the bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
What country has the most nuclear weapons in the world today?
Russia
What is the treaty that aims to ban all nuclear tests everywhere, even underground?
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty — CTBT
Which country is believed to have nuclear weapons but has never officially said so?
Israel
What are some of the effects of an explosion of a nuclear weapon?
Radiation, shockwave, electromagnetic pulse
Which two countries were the first to develop nuclear weapons during World War II?
The United States and Germany — though only the U.S. successfully built and used them
Which two countries are increasing their number of nuclear weapons the fastest right now?
China and North Korea
Which two countries signed a treaty in the 1980s to get rid of some of their nuclear missiles during the Cold War?
The United States and the Soviet Union — INF Treaty, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Which two countries in South Asia both have nuclear weapons and have fought over the region of Kashmir?
India and Pakistan
During the Cold War, the U.S. once accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on its own territory. What state did this happen in — North Carolina, Alaska, or Texas?
North Carolina - the 1961 Goldsboro incident
What was the name of the project that developed the first atomic bombs during World War II?
The Manhattan Project
What is the name of the international group that watches over how countries use nuclear energy and weapons?
The International Atomic Energy Agency — IAEA
What newer treaty calls for completely getting rid of nuclear weapons, though many nuclear countries have not signed it?
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — TPNW
Which European country gave up all of its nuclear weapons after the Soviet Union broke apart?
Ukraine
Which country once lost several nuclear bombs in the ocean that have never been recovered — the U.S., the Soviet Union, or France?
The U.S. — several “Broken Arrow” incidents, including one near Spain in 1966
Who was the U.S. scientist often called the “father of the atomic bomb,” and what famous quote did he say after witnessing the first successful test?
J. Robert Oppenheimer — “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
Some countries are testing new kinds of nuclear missiles that can fly very far and move fast through the air. What are these special missiles called?
Hypersonic missiles