Cuban Missle Crisis TpT

Match the following

• Moscow

• Days the Cuban Missile Crisis lasted

• Communist

• Government types of the Soviet Union and Cuba

• Turkey

• Capital of the Soviet Union

• Thirteen

• The U.S. set up missiles in Italy and this

  country

Match the following

• Kennedy

• Leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

• Kennedy was criticized for a failure here

• Cold War

• Time of rivalry between the U.S. & Soviet Union

• Fidel Castro

• President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Match the following

• Khrushchev

• Leader of the Soviet Union during the missile crisis

• Cuba

• Spy plane that captured images of missiles in Cuba

• U-2

• An island nation where the Soviets set up missiles

• Quarantine

• Cuba was put under one of these by the U.S.

Which of the following did NOT precede the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The installation of nuclear missile sites in Turkey and Italy

• The naval blockade of Cuba

• The installation of the Berlin Wall

How did the United States learn that the Soviets had installed missiles in Cuba?

• The Soviet Union sent a letter saying they had done this.

• An American U-2 spy plane flying over Cuba captured pictures of the missiles.

• Fidel Castro called President Kennedy to boast about the missiles.

• A Cuban exile informed President Kennedy that he had helped install the missiles.

Which of the following BEST describes the Cuban Missile Crisis? A. B. C. D.

• Tense

• Failure

• Successful

• Disappointing

Who was upset after being left out in negotiations during the Cuban Missile Crisis? A. Nikita Khrushchev B. John F. Kennedy C. Fidel Castro D. Winston Churchill

• Nkitra Khrushchev

• John F. Kennedy

• Fidel Castro

• Winston Churchill

Which of the following was NOT included in the compromise during the Cuban Missile Crisis? A. The United States remove missiles from Turkey and Italy. B. C. The Soviet Union would remove missiles from Cuba. D. Cuba would agree not to invade the United States.

• The United States remove missiles from Turkey and Italy.

• The United States must agree to never invade Cuba again.

• The Soviet Union would remove missiles from Cuba.

• Cuba would agree not to invade the United States.