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Cuba Haiti Potpourri Vocabulary Puerto Rico 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 15 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 20 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt 25 pt A Cuban who left Cuba is known as __________ What is an Exile? Over 20,000 people sailed away from Cuba, in 1994, hoping to? What is reach the United States? During the Cold War, tensions between the U.S. & the Soviet Union increased due to______ What is the Cuban Missile Crisis? In 1991, this event had a drastic affect on Cuba’s economy What is the collapse of the Soviet Union? Cuba was a colony of this European country What is Spain? Haiti’s JeanBertrand Aristide became leader when he ________ When he was democratically elected president? The name of a former slave who helped to banish slavery in Haiti Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture? Before Haiti gained its independence, it was a colony of what country What is France? Francois and JeanClaude Duvalier were a father and son from Haiti who (type of leadership) What are dictators? Most of Haiti’s population work as What farmers? One positive gain of Fidel Castro of the 1960s and 1970s What is a higher literacy rate? A dialect spoken in Haiti, which is based on French and African languages What is Creole? Type of government in Cuba What is communist? Many Cubans settled in this state upon arriving in America What is Florida? After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Cuba’s economy_____ What is suffered a decline? An economic system in which the government owns all the large businesses and most of the land What is communism? A person who is unable to read or write What is an illiterate? Haitians are returning to their ____roots, which is a mix of European and African cultures What is Creole ? A country joined to another country for a special reason What is an ally? A person with certain rights and responsibilities under a particular government What is a citizen? Most people who moved to the U.S. from Puerto Rico, live in this area What is the northeast? Although Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, they cannot________ What is they cannot vote in presidential elections? The city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has_________ What are a mixture of modern and Spanish-style buildings? A self governing political unit, with strong ties to the United States What is a commonwealth? True – False Haiti is located on the tip of Puerto Rico What is False? (It is located on the same island as the Dominican Republic.)