What do you know about Cuba?

1. Who is the leader of Cuba?

2. Is he prime minister / king/ president ?

3. Elections are held every 4 years / 5 years / 6 years / never

4. The capital of Cuba is ______________

5. Other important cities are

6. Why are there two places named Guantánamo?

7. True or false: Cuba was one of the first countries in the Americas to eliminate
slavery.

8. Cuba was a colony of what other country?

9. Do you “Remember the Maine”?

10. What happened in 1898 in Cuba?

11. True or False: the Platt Amendment in the early 1900s gave the US the right to
intervene in Cuban economic, military and governmental affairs.

12. What are Cuba’s main agricultural products?

13. What bodies of water surround Cuba?

14. What countries border Cuba?

15. What is the distance from Cuba to Key West?

16. True or false: Cuba has never been terribly popular with American tourists.

17. True or false: The Hotel Nacional was an unofficial headquarters for the Mafia.

18. Cuba’s literacy rate is _______ % of the population.

19. True or false: all religions and religious practices are banned in Cuba.

20. Who was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?

21. The ethnic makeup of the Cuban population is ______% white, ______% black ,
________% mixed [mulatto & mestizo]
22. Who is Fulgencio Batista?

23. What is “Guantanamera”?

24. Why does Fidel Castro wear a beard?

25. Ernesto “Che” Guevara: where was he from? what was his profession?
What does he have to do with Cuban history? Where did he die?

26. What country aided Cuba economically and otherwise in the 1960s-1980s?

27. How did most Cuban refugees get to the US in the past? How did the majority arrive
in 2008?

28. Cuba is the most popular winter vacation destination for what group of people?

29. Can you identify the following:

Granma mojito Pártagas
ropa vieja santería mambo
Malecón gusano jinetera

30. Do you know me?

José Martí Elián González Gerardo Machado
Los Marielitos Beny Moré Ochún