USSR after World War II

• Who was the USSR ruler during the “Cold War era” of the 1950s?
a. Alexander Kerenski;     b. Nikolai Lenin;     c. Joseph Stalin        d. Nikita Khruschev    e. Mikail Gorbachev

• Which of the following is NOT true about Sputnik.
a. It prompted the US to intensify science education in the schools.
b. It was a Soviet satellite.            
c. It was launched in 1957 and began the Space Race between the US and the USSR.        
d. It showed that Russian space technology was clearly inferior to that of America.

• Which of the following is most clearly NOT true about the Cuban Crisis.
a. Fidel Castro was a Communist ruler in Cuba.
b. The Soviets were building missiles in Cuba which were aimed at and capable of destroying American cities.
c. President Kennedy successfully persuaded the Soviets to dismantle the missiles.
d. Castro was allied to Adolf Hitler.
e. President Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba; and agreed to dismantle American missiles in Turkey.

• From 1945 - 1990s the Soviet Union’s competition with the he US was most successful in which of the following areas: a. Gross National Product (GNP);  
b. military development & international influence;  
c. per capita income;   
d. Human rights & personal freedoms