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33 Cards in this Set
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autocratic |
Which form of government would have the LEAST amount of citizen participation? |
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democratic |
Which form of government would have the MOST amount of citizen participation? |
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president |
What is the title of a political leader and Mexico? |
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Cuba |
Which Latin-American country allow citizens to vote but only allows one political party to run for office? |
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cuba |
Which Latin-American country dictatorship has its form of leadership? |
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dictatorship |
How might Cuba's form of government affect the role of its citizens? |
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moving towards democracy |
What is the political trend in Latin America? |
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parliament |
Which government system does the legislature elect executive leader of the government? |
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communists |
Brazil's largest trading partner is the United States, while Cuba's trading partner is Venezuela. Why is this the case? |
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supply and demand |
What are prices determined by in a capitalist economy? |
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Fulgencio Batista |
who was the former president and later dictator of Cuba prior to the 1959 Cuban revolution? |
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Fidel Castro |
Who was the former Communist dictator of Cuba who led the ouster of Fulgencio Batista in the 1959 Cuban revolution. |
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Cold War |
Sociopolitical, military, and economic conflict between the world's Western capitalists democracies, and its eastern communists regimes from the end of World War 2 through 1991. |
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Communist |
An economic system wherein private ownership is largely forbidden and all industries and resources are under the control of the States. |
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
1962 Cold War event wherein the Soviet Union, with the agreement of the Castro regime placed intermediate and medium range ballistic missiles on the island of Cuba which are capable of striking the United States |
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John F. Kennedy |
Who was the president of the United States at the time of the Cuban missile crisis? |
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Makita Khrushchev |
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the time of the Cuban missile crisis? |
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Soviet Union |
A bridged name used to describe the former Communist government of Russia during the cold war also known as USSR. |
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When the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba and the USA agreed to not invade Cuba and remove missiles from Turkey. |
When did the Cuban missile crisis end? |
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A government that soon adopted Communist reforms and ideas |
The Cuban revolution resulted in |
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Take Cuban government became more closely aligned with the Soviet Union |
What resulted in the Bay of Pigs? |
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Cuba's Communist governments and its failed protection of human rights. |
Why has the United States restricted trade with Cuba? |
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In urban areas |
Where are Cuba's industry mostly found in? |
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Embargo |
Economic policy which blocks all trade with a given nation typically due to safety and/or humanitarian concerns, embargoes are also enacted to sanction enemy nations |
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Coup |
The act of over throwing an existing governing authority is called |
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Fulgencio Batista |
Who did Fidel Castro over throw to gain control of Cuba during the Cuban Revolutionary War and 1959? |
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USSA (Soviet Union) |
Who to Cuba allowed to build a missile launching complex during the cold war? |
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No, they were defeated by Castro and his supporters in 2 days. |
Was the Bay of pigs invasion successful? Why or why not? |
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Sugar |
The US embargo on Cuba blocked Cuba's ______________ exports to the US. |
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Chec Guevara |
Who helped Fidel Castro during the Cuban revolution? |
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90 miles |
How many miles is Cuba from the USA? |
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Barack Obama |
In March 2016, a US president visited Cuba. It was the 1st time a US president had visited Cuba in 88 years. What is the name of the president? |
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trade |
In the past 3 years, diplomatic relations have been normal between the USA and Cuba. In January 2016, the USA eased what type of restrictions on Cuba? |
