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iGCSE History (IGCSE US Containment - Korea, Cuba,Vietnam) Quiz on Cuban Missile Crisis, created by Drew Bott on 24/02/2019.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 1 of 15

1

The Crisis is also known as the 13 Days

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

1

Castro became leader of Cuba after the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

1

Castro was initially willing to try to work with the US

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

1

The plan to overthrow Castro had been convceived by the CIA under Kennedy

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

1

Even the CIA described the Bay of Pigs as a ‘perfect failure’

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

1

The Bay of Pigs was in April 1961

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

1

Khrushchev claimed he put Missiles in Cuba to get a first strike capability.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

1

Kennedy was informed on 14 October

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

1

Operation Meercat was a CIA plot to assassinate Castro

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

1

The US had operational Missiles in Turkey & Italy

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

1

Kennedy’s advisory body was known as ‘think tank’

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

1

Colonel Curtis Lee May was a well known ‘hawk’

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

1

The ‘hawks’ favored a diplomatic solution to the crisis

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 15

1

Kennedy appeared on National TV on the 22nd and informed the US the missiles only had a defensive purpose, but they had to be removed.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 15

1

Kennedy opted for a quarantine of Cuba

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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