SS6H1AB Quiz

Before the revolution, Cuba was led by a dictator named _

• Raul Castro
• Miguel Canes- Diaz
• Henry Desoto
• Batista

The United States placed an ________________ on Cuba after the revolution.

• Blockcade
• Tariff
• Quota
• Embargo

The U.S. was worried about the spread of ________________ in Latin America

• Yellow Fever
• Democracy
• Communism
• Spanish language

The Spanish conquered the ________________ and ________________ empires in the 1500s.

• Shawnne and Creek
• Africans and Haitians
• Incas and Aztecs
• Cubans and Spanish

The ________________ ________________ crisis happened when the Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons in Cuba in 1962.

• Columbian Exchange
• Treaty of Versallies
• Cuban Missle
• Transatlantic Slave Trade

The ____________ refers to the transAtlantic voyage from Africa to the Americas.

• Haitian Slave evolt
• Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
• Middle passage
• Cuban Revolution

The Cold War was a struggle between the ________________ and the ________________ over political and economic influence. ( Select 2)

• Soviet Union
• U.S.A
• Russia
• Germany
• Mexico

1. What would be the BEST title for this map?

• A) The Industrial Age
• B) The Columbian Exchange
• C) The Protestant Reformation
• D) The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Why did the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade expand after the 16th century?

• A) The slave trade increased mainly because of the need for domestic workers to work in the homes of the wealthy.
• B) The slave trade increased mainly because of the need for skilled laborers at the start of the Industrial Revolution
• C) European countries such as Spain and Portugal brought enslaved people to their colonies in Latin America to work on plantations.
• D) European powers such as Spain and the Netherlands brought enslaved people to their colonies in Southeast Asia to work on plantations.

The area in green (dark) is home to what European language?

• A) English
• B) French
• C) Portuguese
• D) Spanish