Wc

Question 1

soviet union

Answer 1

socialist republics a European communist confederation formerly located in eastern and northwestern Asia between 1924 and 1991

Question 2

cold war

Answer 2

the state of political hosility and conflict that existed between the sobieght union and the USA from 1945 to 1990

Question 3

communism

Answer 3

a political system in which the people collectively own national resources, like the land
and industry

Question 4

capitalism –

Answer 4

an economic system in which wealth is privately owned by individuals and companies in a
free market, in which supply and demand generally determine cost
B

Question 5

Bay of Pigs

Answer 5

– a failed U.S. military invasion of Cuba which took place on April 17, 1961

Question 6

Operation Mongoose

Answer 6

– a covert CIA operation the U.S. conducted against Cuba in 1971 aimed at
removing the Communists from power, particularly President Fidel Castro

Question 7

embargo

Answer 7

an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country

Question 8

Cuban missile crisis

Answer 8

a 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1962 over Soviet
ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba after U.S. spy planes confirmed speculations of the missiles’ existence

Question 9

John F. Kennedy

Answer 9

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office.

Question 10

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 10

Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964.

Question 11

result of cuba misssile crisi

Answer 11

the us did not invade cuba

Question 12

Fidel Castro

Answer 12

was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.

Question 13

Cuban Revolution

Answer 13

was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba between 1953 and 1959. The immediate impact of the Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of Batista and the rise to power of the revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro. Cuba gradually became a communist government, supported by the U.S.S.R. At that time the Cold War between the capitalist and communist blocs was active.

Question 14

Fulgencio Batista

Answer 14

Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as a military dictator from 1952 to 1958, until he was overthrown in the Cuban Revolution.

Question 15

Haitian revolution

Answer 15

, a series of conflicts between 1791 and 1804 between Haitian slaves, colonists, the armies of the British and French colonizers, and a number of other parties. Through the struggle, the Haitian people ultimately won independence from France and, thereby, became the first country to be founded by former slaves.