No Parking Here
(Cuban Missile Crisis)
(Cuban Missile Crisis)
What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
1956
1962
1971
1984
1962
What year did the Chinese dictator, Mao Zedong, take over China in his famous communist revolution?
1949
1956
1967
1972
1949
What is the song called that North Korea had to learn?
“Footsteps”
“Glorious Future”
“Kim’s Succession”
“Red Star Father”
Everyone in the country was made to learn it and the idea was that Kim was following in the footsteps of his father and would lead the country into a glorious future.
What year did the Russian Nuclear Power Plant, Chernobyl have its famous meltdown?
1964
1976
1986
1990
1986
What year did Russia invade Afghanistan?
1953
1967
1979
1982
1979
What year was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
1952
1961
1974
1986
1961
How did America know Russia was putting nukes in Cuba?
American spy planes took pictures of the nukes
Searched it up on the internet
Undercover CIA spies in Cuba reported seeing nukes
Castro bragged about Soviet nukes and had military parades showing off Soviet nukes
American spy planes took pictures of the nukes
Roughly how many Chinese people died while communist leader, Mao Zedong, was dictator?
5-10 million
12-15 million
25-30 million
40-80 million
40-80 million
How did Kim Jong Un kill his uncle?
Stripped him naked and feed him to pack of dogs
Drowning by Chinese water torture
Execution by firing squad on national TV
Froze to death when chained to tree in winter
Stripped naked and feed to dogs (not confirmed). Did behead him and put pictures on display
Around how many people were evacuated after the Chernobyl Disaster?
210,000
350,000
460,000
630,000
350,000
Which US President did Afghan fighters (the Mujahideen) meet with in the White House to discuss getting US help to fight the Russians
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Why did American attempt to invade Cuba?
Overthrow Fidel Castro
Remove Soviet nuclear weapons
Reopen mafia casinos
The CIA was bored and needed something to do
Overthrow Castro
What country did America have nuclear weapons in that made Russia angry, thus they starting putting missiles in Cuba?
West Germany
Norway
Italy
Turkey
Turkey
Mao Zedong attempted reorganize Chinese agriculture leading to the deadliest famine in known human history. What was the name of this communist policy
Great Leap Forward
People's Land Revolution
Socialist Farmer's Future
United Socialist Land Initiative
Great Leap Forward
What is the poverty rate in North Korea?
20%
45%
60%
90%
60%
What is the primary lasting health effect from Chernobyl?
Thyroid cancer
Sudden vision loss
Cystic fibrosis
Hyperthyroidism
Thyroid Cancer
How many Afghan people died as a result of the Soviet-Afghan war?
500,000
700,000
1-2 Million
4-6 Million
1-2 Million Afghan people died
Soviets lost roughly 15,000 soldiers
What was one of the first actions Castro took when he took power as a communist leader?
Killed city mayors who were not loyal
Nationalized private companies/factories
Imprisoned rich Cuban families
Attempted to join Soviet Union
Nationalized companies (esp. oil companies)
Who was the US president who ordered Russia to remove their nukes from Cuba?
Harry S Truman
Richard Nixon
John F Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
JFK
In 1989, thousands Chinese protesters were killed in the Tiananmen Square Massacre? What were they protesting?
More political freedoms
More economic freedoms
Freedom to travel overseas and leave China
All of the Above
All of the Above
In 2016, American college student, Otto Warmbier, was arrested while visiting North Korea, what offense did he commit?
Made a joke that went against the communist leader
Took a communist poster off a wall
Had vape pen with oil
Jay walking across a busy street
Took a communist poster off a wall (in 2017 he eventually was returned to the US in a coma and soon after died as a result of his harsh treatment in North Korea
What was the name of the Nuclear Power plant accident that occurred in America in 1979 in Pennsylvania?
Desert Sands Inc
Skynet Corp Incident
Three Mile Island
Innatech Meltdown
Three Mile Island
What American action helped Afghan people win the war against the Soviets
Provided Stinger missiles to shoot down Russian Aircraft (Russian Hind Helicopter)
Provided Afghan fighters advanced satellite images of Russian equipment
Launched a major campaign to convince Russian people the war was unjust and immoral so they turned their support away from Russia
Stinger Missiles for the win
After the Bay of Pigs invasion, what did America give to Cuba in exchange for the prisoners?
1 Million Cash
Reassurance we would not invade Cuba
Baby Food & Medicine
15,000 New Ford/Chevy Automobiles
Baby Food & Medicine
What action did America take when Russia put nuclear weapons in Cuba?
Navel Blockade on Cuba
Threaten nuclear strikes on Moscow
Oil embargo on Russia oil
Raised tariffs on Cuban goods
Navel Blockade
What year did China's one child policy come to an end?
1989
1997
2001
2016
2016
What is one way the government of North Korea has tried to deal with its horrible economy?
Distribute crystal meth to its people
Import bootleg copies of American TV shows
Increase public beats until morale improves
Encourage people to eat bugs
Distribute crystal meth (up to 80% of people have tried it and 40% are addicted)
Roughly, how many people died due to the melt down on Chernobyl?
31-50
100-150
500-1,300
2,200-2,600
31 Officially (UN says 50) (Thousands of people were exposed to radiation)
Afghan fighters (the Mujahideen) later were renamed what well-known terrorist group today?
al-Qaida
Taliban
ISIS
Hamas
al-Qaida
Why was the Bay of Pigs such a failed mess when we tried to invade Cuba?
We landed in marshy bogs where our guys got pinned down
The CIA used obsolete WW2 planes that missed their bombing targets before the invasion
American forces quickly became outnumbered when Castro quickly mobilized 20,000 soldiers to meet our guys
When the president ordered additional air support, the fighter pilots showed up an hour late as they were confused by the time zone difference (and were shot down anyhow)
All of the above are true (no way?)
All of Above