Cuban Missile Crisis Review
A worksheet for 11th-grade social studies students to review key events, figures, and outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Cuban Missile Crisis Review
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Some questions require short answers, while others are multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank.
1. Which US President was in office during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
2. What was the primary reason the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba?
To protect Cuba from a US invasion
To gain a strategic advantage over the US
To test new missile technology
To retaliate for US missiles in Turkey
3. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted for days in October of 1962.
4. The United States imposed a naval around Cuba to prevent further Soviet shipments.
5. Soviet Premier eventually agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.
6. The Cuban Missile Crisis is considered the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war.
True
False
7. The United Nations played a significant role in resolving the crisis through direct negotiations.
True
False
8. What was the 'quarantine' that the US imposed on Cuba during the crisis, and what was its purpose?
9. Explain the secret agreement made between the US and the Soviet Union that helped resolve the crisis.
10. Observe the map below showing missile range from Cuba. How did the placement of these missiles alter the balance of power during the Cold War?
