Cuban Revolution and Cuban Missile Crisis

Who defeated Baptista's government to become dictator of Cuba in 1959? 

• Miguel Hidalgo
• Raul Castro
• Fidel Castro
• John F. Kennedy

Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis? 

• The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US. 
• US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US. 
• The US gave Cuba missiles to use against the Soviets. 
• Cuba threatened to place an embargo on the US.

What is an embargo? 

• A tax on imports
• A limit on the number of goods that can be imported into a country. 
• When one country stops trading with another country in order to put pressure on their government. 
• When the government tells businesses what and how much to produce. 

Who was the President in office during the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• John F. Kennedy
• Richard Nixon
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Harry S. Truman

The Cuban Missile Crisis was an incident involving Cuba, the United States, and what other country?

• Russia
• The Soviet Union
• Spain 
• Germany

What country is highlighted on the map of Latin America?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Colombia

• Brazil

______________ was the political conflict and period of distrust between the Soviet Union and United States.

• World War I

• World War II

• Cold War

• French and Indian War

______________ is the former communist dictator of Cuba who led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in the 1959 Cuban Revolution

• Fidel Castro

• Josef Stalin

• Hirohito

• Adolf Hitler

The Cuban Revolution led to the establishment of the ______________ first government in the Western Hemisphere.

• anarchist

• communist

• capitalist

• lassaiz-fair

What is the 1962 Cold War event where the Soviet Union, with the agreement of the Castro regime, placed missiles on the island of Cuba?

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor

• Holocaust

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs