607 Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Most cropland in the islands is used for what?

A

Growing food for export

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2
Q

Who overthrew the Cuban dictator in 1959?

A

Fidel Castro

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3
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The West Indies include twelve what?

A

Dependencies

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4
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West Indians with both African and European ancestors are called?

A

Mulattoes

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5
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What is an important source of income in the West Indies?

A

Tourism

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6
Q

Where is Cuba’s Capital?

A

Havana

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7
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The three archipelagos of the West Indies are:

A

1) Bahamas 2) Great Antilles, and 3) Lesser Antilles

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8
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Where do the greatest percentage of people in the West Indies live?

A

The Greater Antilles

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9
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The United States supported an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba where?

A

Bay of Pigs

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10
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In recent years, Cuban farmers have been able to sell produce where?

A

Farmers Markets

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11
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The Bahama’s flat terrain results in the island getting more or less rainfall than other West Indian islands?

A

Less

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12
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What is the pearl of the Antilles?

A

Cuba

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13
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What is the United States military base in Cuba called?

A

Guantanamo Bay

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14
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Cuba became communist when who took over?

A

Fidel Castro

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15
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Be able to label the following places on a map

A

1) Caribbean Sea 2) Atlantic Ocean 3) Bahamas 4) Great Antilles 5) Lesser Antilles 6) Cuba 7) Jamaica 8) Hispaniola (see lesson 4 for example map)

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16
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What is a dependency of the United States in the Caribbean?

A

Puerto Rico

17
Q

Most of the West Indies lie south of what line?

A

Tropic of Cancer

18
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The Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles make up the three what of the West Indies?

A

Archipelagos

19
Q

Fidel Castro did what to Cuba’s sugar industry?

A

Nationalized it

20
Q

When Cuba began to raise more crops than just sugarcane it was a move to ______ its economy?

21
Q

What amendment allowed the United States to be involved in Cuba?

A

Platt Amendment

22
Q

Cuba’s communist government controls what type of farms?

A

Collective Farms

23
Q

Who was Cuba’s Father of Independence?

A

Jose Marti

24
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Where could slaves buy their freedom?

25
At the Bay of Pigs, what country supported an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba?
The United States
26
The West Indies protect the Caribbean from the Atlantic Ocean. It is called a what?
Breakwater
27
Over half of the people of the West Indies liver where?
Coastal Cities
28
Why do few Native Americans live in the West Indies today?
Most died from three things 1) Disease after the Europeans arrived 2) Mistreatment 3) Forced Labor
29
Cuba exports what two things?
Sugar and Citrus