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History
Government
Countries
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100
This body of water is located to the East of Mexico.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
100
This dictator promised to help the people of Cuba when he overthrew Batista, the dictator of Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
100
This is a government in which a nation has a leader comes to power through force.
What is a dictatorship?
100
This is the largest country in Latin America.
What is Brazil?
100
This is the type of leader Fidel and Raul Castro was/are in Cuba.
What is a dictator?
200
This is the large body of water home to the island of Haiti and the country of Cuba.
What is the Caribbean Sea?
200
This was the route that included the exchange and purchase of slaves in Latin America.
What is the Triangular Trade Route?
200
This is an economy that spread wealth among the people, and typically takes money from the rich to give to the poor.
What is communism?
200
This is the vast cutting down of trees which creates an environmental issue.
What is deforestation?
200
The __________________ _______________ occurred when Castro and his army overthrew the government.
Who is the Cuban Revolution?
300
This range of mountains is located along the western coast of Mexico.
What are the Sierra Madre Mountains?
300
This is the crop most slaves in Latin America harvested.
What is sugar cane?
300
This is a government in which the people don't directly elect the president.
What is an autocracy?
300
This is the language spoken in most South American countries.
What is Spanish?
300
Due to economic and political conflict, the ___________ _____________ imposed an embargo against Cuba.
What is the United States?
400
This arid physical feature is located along the western coast of South America. It is considered the driest place on Earth.
What is the Atacama Desert?
400
These are the three nations involved in the exchange and trade of early Latin America.
Who are the Americas, Africa, and Europe?
400
This is a government in which the people have a voice and elect the president.
What is a democracy?
400
Due to the overpopulation of Mexico City, the city suffers from the affects of ______________.
What is smog?
400
The _______ _______________ became friends with Cuba after many countries decided to stop trading with them.
What is the Soviet Union?
500
This river contains the largest volume of water and is the 2nd longest river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
500
This is the type of government set up after the overthrowing of Cuba's dictator in the 1950's.
What is communism?
500
This is the communist who overthrow the government led by Batista in Cuba.
Who is Fidel Castro?
500
This country is the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
What is Haiti?
500
This is the name given to children who were produced through the marriages of Europeans and slaves.
What is a mullato?
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