felipe alou chapter 1 questions

Question 1

what does haber mean

Answer 1

to have

Question 2

the imperfect yo form of haber

Answer 2

habia (accent over the i)

Question 3

what is the preterite ellos/as/uds of usar

Answer 3

usaron

Question 4

what years did the dominican republic have a dictator

Answer 4

pero entre 1930 y 1961

Question 5

what was the dictator’s name from the dominican republic

Answer 5

general rafeal leonidas trujillo molina

Question 6

what is el corte

Answer 6

es un masacre

Question 7

when did el corte occure

Answer 7

1937

Question 8

what does el corte mean

Answer 8

“the cutting”

Question 9

who was affected by el corte

Answer 9

haitians

Question 10

what are three words to describe general rafael;

Answer 10

lider rigido, opressivo y violento

Question 11

how did people differentiate haitians from dominican people (because they’re both black)

Answer 11

called una táctica de ‘santo y seña’

Question 12

what language didn’t haitians speak and what language did they actually speak

Answer 12

no hablaban espanol, hablaban criollo (creole)

Question 13

what does perejil mean

Answer 13

parsley

Question 14

why didn’t trujillo want to use “rifles militares” when ordering his men to murder the haitians

Answer 14

because he didn’t want any evidence to exist, so they used machetes

Question 15

what is a machetes

Answer 15

a machete

Question 16

how long did the massacre go on for

Answer 16

6 dias

Question 17

what is murdered in spanish

Answer 17

asesinaron

Question 18

how many people were murdered in el corte masacre

Answer 18

17,000

Question 19

why was the massacre if haitians ironic

Answer 19

because trujillo was part haiti