The Cold War & Cuban Missile Crisis

General info

100

The Cold War was a power struggle between what two superpowers?

The United States and the Soviet Union

200

In what year did the Cold War start?

1945

300

What is NATO?
A) A space agency
B) A trade agreement
C) A military alliance of Western countries
D) A Soviet organization

C) A military alliance of Western countries

400

What term did Winston Churchill coin to describe the division between Eastern and Western Europe?

a) "The reds"                        b) "Bay of pigs"

c) "Iron Curtain"                   d) "The Berlin Blockade"      

c) "Iron Curtain"

500

Which combination of U.S. foreign policy actions during the early Cold War best illustrates the shift from isolationism to international leadership, and what global consequences did this shift have?

A) Passage of the Neutrality Acts and the creation of the Peace Corps; led to increased U.S. disengagement from world affairs
B) Implementation of the Truman Doctrine and participation in the Marshall Plan; contributed to the division of Europe and the formation of military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact
C) Withdrawal from the United Nations and refusal to join the World Bank; resulted in decreased U.S. influence in postwar reconstruction
D) Signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact and opposition to the League of Nations; encouraged the spread of communism in Asia and Africa

B) Implementation of the Truman Doctrine and participation in the Marshall Plan; contributed to the division of Europe and the formation of military alliances like NATO and the Warsaw Pact

Cuban Missile Crisis

100

How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?

a) 11 days                  b) 12 days

c) 13 days                  d) 14 days

c) 13 days

200

In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

a) 1962                b) 1812

c) 1955                d) none of the above

a) 1962

300

True or false, the United States began planning to invade Cuba

True

400

True or False, the Cuban Missile Crisis seemed to be a huge diplomatic victory for the United States?

True

500

The United States had to remove nuclear missiles from what country?

a) Italy              b) Turkey

c) Cuba             d) Germany

b) Turkey

Key Players

100

Who was the President of the United States during the crisis?

President John F. Kennedy

200

Who was the Soviet Union's leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a) Adolf Hitler        b) Mikhail Gorbachev

c) Leonid Brezhnev   d) Nikita Khrushchev

d) Nikita Khrushchev

300

Who was Cuba's leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis

a) Ronald Reagan             b) Mikhail Gorbachev

c) Fidel Castro                  c) Winston Churchill

c) Fidel Castro

400

Which Cold War leaders were directly involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis and helped prevent nuclear war through negotiation?

A) Joseph Stalin and Harry Truman
B) Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy
C) Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon
D) Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan

B) Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy

500

Which leader is most closely associated with the policy of glasnost and the end of the Cold War?

A) Nikita Khrushchev
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Leonid Brezhnev

C) Mikhail Gorbachev

Important Events

100

What 1962 event brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war?
A) The Korean War
B) The Vietnam War
C) The Cuban Missile Crisis
D) The Space Race

C) The Cuban Missile Crisis

200

Which two countries were against each other in the Korean War?

North Korea and South Korea

300

What was the main goal of the arms race during the Cold War?
A) To build more tanks
B) To create better airplanes
C) To have more nuclear weapons than the other side
D) To explore the ocean

C) To have more nuclear weapons than the other side

400

Which event is most closely associated with the symbolic end of the division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War?

A) The signing of the Warsaw Pact
B) The construction of the Berlin Wall
C) The fall of the Berlin Wall
D) The Cuban Missile Crisis

C) The fall of the Berlin Wall

500

What was the direct communication link set up between the U.S. and USSR after the Cuban Missile Crisis called?

The Moscow–Washington hotline