2. a. Cuba b. The United States c. The Soviet Union d. Germany

3. a. The Soviet Union learned that the U.S. had build missile sites in Turkey and Italy. b. The U.S. learned that the Soviet Union was building missile sites in Cuba. c. The U.S. bombed the Soviet Union. d. The Soviet Union bombed the U.S.

4. a. surrender b. war c. battle d. agreement

5. a. a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union b. Hurricanes c. an attack on their ships d. being attacked by Cuba

6. a. the United States b. the Soviet Union c. Neither d. both

7. a. Cuba b. The United Nations c. The United States d. The Soviet Union

8. a. Powerful weapons that could reach the U.S. from Cuba b. Hand-held missile launches like the ones used in Iraq c. The type of weapons called “dirty bombs” today

9. a. Nuclear missile sites were built in Turkey. b. Nuclear missile sites were built in Cuba. c. Kennedy and Khrushchev reached an agreement. d. Kennedy received a CIA report on October 16, 1962.