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Elian Gonzalez
Cuban Misslie Crisis
Guantanamo
Viva Cuba
Vocabulary 1
100
The means of transportation Elian used to get to the U.S.
What is a raft.
100
The year the Cuban Missile crisis took place.
What is 1962
100
The island where Guantanamo is located.
What is Cuba.
100
Viva Cuba takes place on this Caribbean island.
What is Cuba.
100
T-shirt in Spanish.
What is "camiseta."
200
The relative who wanted him back in Cuba.
Who is his father.
200
We were on the the brink of war at least __ times with the Soviet Union.
What is 3
200
What we call the people we detain there.
What is "detainees."
200
The male lead in the story is named this.
What is "Jorgito."
200
Customer or client in Spanish.
What is "cliente."
300
The people who resisted the government who wanted Elian to stay in Miami.
What is the Cuban community of South Florida.
300
The Russians put these on cuban soil.
What is nuclear missiles?
300
In addition to a military base, the U.S. maintains this on Guantanamo.
What is a prison.
300
The female lead in the story is named this:
What is "Malu."
300
Hat in Spanish.
What is "sombrero."
400
Elian's age when they sent in the swat team to collect him.
What is 6.
400
The U.S. president during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is JFK.
400
The Bush administration said the detainees were this and therefore not entitled to the protections of the Geneva Convention.
What is "illegal combatants."
400
The two children are from this Cuban capital city.
What is Havana.
400
Skirt in Spanish.
What is "falda."
500
The first name of the man who pulled Elian out of the water.
What is Donato. (Donato Dalrymple.)
500
The secretary of state during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Robert McNamara.
500
The original name of the prison in Guantanamo was called "Camp" this.
What is "X-Ray."
500
The children run away to this far eastern point of Cuba.
What is "Punto Maisí."
500
Boots in Spanish.
What are "botas."