CUBAN REVOLUTION

What country is highlighted on the map of Latin America?

• Mexico

• Cuba

• Colombia

• Brazil

______________ was the political conflict and period of distrust between the Soviet Union and United States.

• World War I

• World War II

• Cold War

• French and Indian War

______________ is the former communist dictator of Cuba who led the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in the 1959 Cuban Revolution

• Fidel Castro

• Josef Stalin

• Hirohito

• Adolf Hitler

The Cuban Revolution led to the establishment of a ______________ first government in the Western Hemisphere.

• anarchist

• communist

• capitalist

• lassaiz-fair

What is the 1962 Cold War event where the Soviet Union, with the agreement of the Castro regime, placed missiles on the island of Cuba?

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor

• Holocaust

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

Who was the former president and later dictator of Cuba prior to the 1959 Cuban Revolution? He was overthrown by Fidel Castro

• Raul Castro

• Che Guevara

• Nikita Kruschev

• Fulgencio Batista

When one nation's government decides to prohibit or stop all trade with another nation is known as a(n) _____________.

• tariff

• quota

• embargo

• subsidy

Bay of Pigs was the

• failed military invasion and unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1962

• attempted bombing of the southern coast of Cuba

• agreement between the Soviet Union and U.S. to divide Cuba

• site of a nuclear explosion in Cuba

As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the

• Cuba became a democratic nation

• Soviet Union and U.S. signed a peace treaty.

• Cold War ended.

• United States placed an embargo on the nation of Cuba.