Cuba and Brazil

What type of physical feature is Cuba?

• Island
• Mountain
• Peninsula
• landlocked

Which of the following BEST describes most of the terrain in Cuba?

• dry deserts
• flat plains
• rolling hills
• tropical rainforest

What is one negative consequence for Cuba’s location?

• tornados
• hurricanes
• landslides
• earthquakes

What types of industries do people in the urban areas of Cuba have?

• mining
• services
• agriculture
• carpet making

Which two groups of people had a large impact on Cuba during the colonial era?

• Natives and Spanish
• Portuguese and British
• Spanish settlers and African slaves
• Portuguese and African slaves

What was the result of the Spanish-American War?

• Cuba became a colony of Spain.
• Cuba became a colony of the United States
• Cuba was divided between Spain and the United States
• Cuba gained its independence with the help of the United States

What type of government did Cuba have after the Cuban Revolution?

• socialism
• dictatorship
• presidential democracy
• parliamentary democracy

Who was the leader of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution?

• Raul Castro
• Fidel Castro
• Fulgencio Batista
• Christopher Columbus

What is an embargo?

• tax on imports from another country
• complete stop to trade between two countries
• limit on the number of imports from another country
• set standard that imports from another country must meet

What type of government does Cuba have today?

• monarchy
• dictatorship
• presidential democracy
• parliamentary democracy