Geography of Cuba
Cuba and its neighbors are part of this chain of islands.
What are the Greater Antilles?
First explorer in Cuba.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Became dictator in 1952 after decades of instability.
Who is Fulgencio Batista?
The US was so appalled by Cuba, they placed a _______________ on Cuban goods.
What is an embargo?
There are 1600 of these tiny islands.
What are islets?
The indigenous tribe in Cuba during Christopher Columbus' exploration.
government/economy with no private ownership.
What is communism?
Cuba formed a relationship with ________________ after the USA embargo.
What is the Soviet Union?
Cuba borders these bodies of water.
What are the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea?
During this war, Cuba fought the Spanish for independence.
What is the Ten Year's War?
______________ became the next leader after promising the USA he would make Cuba a ____________ government.
1. Who is Fidel Castro?
2. What is democratic?
In 1962, Cuba gave the Soviet Union permission to build a _________________. This was terrifying to the USA.
Missile Launching facility
Cuba is known for producing these two products for export.
What are sugar cane and tobacco?
________________ gave a speech called the _________________ in which he freed his slaves.
Who is Manuel Cespedes?
What is the Grito de Yara?
Castro's government was so horrible that parents sent their children to the USA through a program called ______________, which was started by a priest named_________________.
1. What is Operation Pedro Pan
2. Who is Father Brian Walsh?
Period of 13 days in which the world thought a nuclear war was going to occur due to the Soviet missile launcher in Cuba.
1. What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Cuba is located along this line of latitude.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
The US became involved when their ship, _________________ mysteriously exploded. _______________ was blamed.
What is the USS Maine?
What is Spain?
This US president helped father Brian Walsh provide free VISAS to the unaccompanied minors entering the USA through Operation Pedro Pan.
Who is President Eisenhower?
_________________ and _______________ met to discuss the removal of the missile launching pad from Cuba. This conversation ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who are JFK and Premier Kruschev?