The Cold War

What caused the Cuban Missile crisis?

• Cuba was threatening to attack the United States.

• Missiles made in Cuba were out of stock.

• The Soviet Union was going to shoot missiles at Cuba.

• The Soviet Union was building missile launch pads in Cuba.

Who was the Cold War between?

• Germany and Russia

• Russia and the United States

• Cuba and Germany

• The United States and Germany

Two countries competing to have the biggest and best military.

• space race

• arms race

• power race

• super race

A wall built by the Soviets surrounding West Berlin.

• The Berlin Wall

• The Iron Curtain

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Cold War

Competition to be the first to achieve space-related milestones.

• arms race

• space race

• rocket race

• astronaut race

An on-going political rivalry between two countries that did not involve actual fighting.

• Silent War

• Space Race

• Arms Race

• Cold War

What two countries was the Arms Race between during the 1950's?

• Cuba and Germany

• The U.S. and the Soviet Union

• Germany and the Soviet Union

• The United States and Japan

What did the Berlin Wall do?

• Kept the East Berlin people from moving to West Berlin.

• Protected the people of East Berlin from the Allied Powers.

• Protected the free people from the communist people.

• Protected the Soviets from the Germans.

What incident almost led to a nuclear war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.?

• The building of the Berlin Wall

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Holocaust

• The bombing of Japan.

How did the U.S. win the Space Race?

• By putting the first man on the moon.

• By putting the first man in space.

• By being the first to use rockets.

• By being the first to put satellites in space.