Caribbean Test
This is a test over the contents of our Caribbean Unit
- 1.
What is a dictator?
- A.
A ruler of a country who directs the marching band
- B.
A ruler of a country who has complete power
- C.
A ruler of a country who shares his power
- D.
A ruler of a country who has no power
Correct Answer
B. A ruler of a country who has complete power -
- 2.
What is a self-governing political unit with strong ties to a particular country?
Correct Answer
commonwealth
common wealth - 3.
How would you describe the Haitian government and how it has affected the people?
- A.
It has been stable and has caused the people to be poor
- B.
It has been unstable and has caused the people to be rich
- C.
It has been unstable and has caused the people to be poor
- D.
It has been stable and has caused the people to be rich
Correct Answer
C. It has been unstable and has caused the people to be poor -
- 4.
Why do Haitians feel rich? (Answer in complete sentences)
- 5.
Cuba is the third largest producer of what important crop?
- A.
Coffee
- B.
Corn
- C.
Beans
- D.
Sugar Cane
Correct Answer
D. Sugar Cane -
- 6.
Name a dictator of Cuba.
- A.
Donald Duck
- B.
"Baby Doc"
- C.
Fidel Castro
- D.
Sammy Sosa
Correct Answer
C. Fidel Castro -
- 7.
What is true of how Haiti was "born" that is not true of any other country in North or South America? (Answer in complete sentences)
- 8.
Which continent does the Caribbean belong to?
Correct Answer
North America - 9.
In communism, most of the land and businesses are owned by...
- A.
Individual people
- B.
Groups of people
- C.
The government
- D.
Only a few rich people
Correct Answer
C. The government -
- 10.
"Papa Doc" was a dictator of Haiti. (True or False)
Correct Answer
True
true - 11.
Only 30% of Cubans can read and write. (True or False)
Correct Answer
- 12.
What are the two main reasons people left Cuba? (Please answer in complete sentences)
- 13.
Word Bank-BatistaFidel Castroit is located between the two entrances to the Gulf of Mexicoit is the size of PennsylvaniaNot paying U.S. taxesSpainthat they can't vote in U.S. electionsThe Soviet UnionThe United StatesWho won the Spanish-American War?
Correct Answer
The United States - 14.
Word Bank-BatistaFidel Castroit is located between the two entrances to the Gulf of Mexicoit is the size of PennsylvaniaNot paying U.S. taxesSpainthat they can't vote in U.S. electionsThe Soviet UnionThe United StatesCuba was a colony of what country?
Correct Answer
Spain - 15.
Word Bank-BatistaFidel Castroit is located between the two entrances to the Gulf of Mexicoit is the size of PennsylvaniaNot paying U.S. taxesSpainthat they can't vote in U.S. electionsThe Soviet UnionThe United StatesName the country who gave aid to Cuba in the 1970's.
Correct Answer
The Soviet Union - 16.
Of the three Caribbean countries we studied, if you had to move, which country would you move to and why? Your grade is based on how you support your reasons with the information we studied.
- 17.
"Baby Doc" and "Papa Doc" were dictators of what country?
Correct Answer
Haiti - 18.
What do you call an individual with certain rights and responsibilities under a particular government?
- A.
Exile
- B.
Citizen
- C.
Pampa
- D.
Dialect
Correct Answer
B. Citizen -
- 19.
A person who leaves or is forced to leave his or her homeland for another country is called a what?
Correct Answer
- 20.
What country is located between the two entrances to the Gulf of Mexico?
Correct Answer
Cuba - 21.
If the Puerto Rican people started paying U.S. federal taxes and could start voting in the U.S. presidential elections that would mean that.....
- A.
Puerto Rico is still a commonwealth
- B.
Puerto Rico has become an independent nation
- C.
Puerto Rico has become the 51st U.S. state
- D.
Puerto Rico has become a commonwealth of Great Britain
Correct Answer
C. Puerto Rico has become the 51st U.S. state -
- 22.
Baptista and Fidel Castro were dictators of what country?
Correct Answer
Cuba - 23.
What is the correct spelling of the capital of Haiti?
- A.
Port-Au-Prince
- B.
Port-au-prince
- C.
Port au Prince
- D.
Port-au-Prince
Correct Answer
D. Port-au-Prince -
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