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Modern Latin America vocabulary quiz

Authored by Una Smit

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6th - 8th Grade

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Modern Latin America vocabulary quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

cold war

a member

of the Nicaraguan guerrilla force that opposed the Sandinistas from

1979-1990.

the period of political, ideological and economic rivalry that occurred after World War II between the former USSR and its communist allies and the United States and its democratic allies.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

contra

a member

of the Nicaraguan guerrilla force that opposed the Sandinistas from

1979-1990.

dishonest

and without morals, willing to do illegal things for money or power.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

corrupt

dishonest

and without morals, willing to do illegal things for money or power.

someone

born in the Americas or US Gulf region who is of European descent.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

coup

a

sudden, usually violent, attempt to take over the government.

Cuban

revolutionary and politician who governed Cuba as first prime minister and

then president from 1959-2008.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Creole

a person

who rules cruelly and with absolute power; usually gaining this control by

force.

someone

born in the Americas or US Gulf region who is of European descent.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

dictator

referring

to the former Soviet Union, which included Russia and several other Eastern

European countries.

dishonest

and without morals, willing to do illegal things for money or power.

a person

who rules cruelly and with absolute power; usually gaining this control by

force.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fidel

Castro

a member

of the Nicaraguan guerrilla force that opposed the Sandinistas from

1979-1990.

Cuban

revolutionary and politician who governed Cuba as first prime minister and

then president from 1959-2008.

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