Cuba Embargo

(1) What does embargo mean?

• To dominate

• To trade

• To restrain

• To leave

(2) What is the purpose of an embargo policy?

• To prevent airplanes from leaving to another country

• To prevent ships from leaving to another country

• To improve a country's economy

• To make more money

(2) Why are embargo policies used?

• To improve the lives of a country's citizens

• To stop a country's Navy

• To improve a country's economy

• To change the behaviors of certain countries

(3) Why did the United States enact an embargo against Cuba?

• To provide a barrier around Cuba to isolate it from COVID-19

• To provide a barrier around Cuba to protect it from pirates

• To provide a barrier around Cuba's communist government

• To provide a barrier around Cuba to protect it from the Soviet Union

(3) The U.S. embargo still creates a barrier around Cuba today.

• True

• False

(4) The embargo prevents Cuban-Americans from returning to Cuba

• Pro

• Con

(4) Cuban-Americans support the embargo

• Pro

• Con

(4) Cuba's government is held accountable for it's treatment of citizens

• Pro

• Con

(4) Cuba's government is still communist

• Pro

• Con

(4) Cuba's bad economy hurts it's citizens more than the government

• Pro

• Con