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Cuban Missile Crisis

Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn about the Cuban Missile crisis and its importance during the Cold War.

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Video : The Cuban Missile Crisis

Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.

Description: Learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War with Simple History!

Quiz : The Cuban Missile Crisis

Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.

Question #1

John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A) True

B) False

Question #2

The Bay of Pigs Invasion was successful.

A) True

B) False

Question #3

Who was the Cuban leader that agreed to allow Nikita Khrushchev to place Soviet missiles in Cuba?

A) Jose Miguel Gomez

B) Fidel Castro

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Miguel Diaz-Canel

Question #4

Khrushchev kept his promise to not place Soviet missiles in Cuba.

A) True

B) False

Question #5

Did Khrushchev send a message to the U.S. stating that the USSR would remove missiles from the island of Cuba in exchange for a guarantee that the U.S. would not invade the island of Cuba?

A) Yes

B) No

Question #6

The United States decided to use a naval _________________________ to obstruct the delivery of Soviet nuclear weapons to Cuba.

A) quarantine

B) blockade

C) barricade

Question #7

Who was the U. S. Atty. General who secretly met with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin?

A) John F. Kennedy

B) Charles Kennedy

C) Robert Kennedy

Question #8

The USSR wanted the U.S. to remove its Jupiter missiles from Turkey.

A) True

B) False

Question #9

The U.S. and USSR signed a nuclear test ban treaty in 1963.

A) True

B) False

Question #10

What was the name of the treaty signed in 1968 which stated that the USSR and U.S. wouldn't supply nuclear technology to other countries?

Student Response

Resources : Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis

Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit these links to learn more about this lesson.

National Air and Space Museum: Cold War
Use the link to visit the Smithsonian Museum's page to learn more about the Cold War and this lesson.

Britannica: Cuban Missile Crisis
Read to learn more using this link.

JFK Library: Cuban Missile Crisis

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Video : The Cuban Missile Crisis

Quiz : The Cuban Missile Crisis

Resources : Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis