Question 1

Who was the leader of Cuba before Fidel Castro took control?

Accepted Answer

Fulgencio Batista

Answer

Fulgencio Baptiste

Answer

Raul Castro (his brother)

Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 2

What year did Castro take over Cuba and become dictator?

Accepted Answer

1959

Answer

1952

Answer

1973

Question 3

What form of government is Cuba under?

Accepted Answer

Communist

Answer

Market

Answer

Traditional

Question 4

What did Castro do to the American citizens that lived and had businesses in cuba after he took control?

Accepted Answer

He took their property and the were forced to leave Cuba

Answer

He was very nice to them

Answer

He paid them extra to keep operating their businesses and to stay in Cuba to upset the American Government

Question 5

What was the name of the failed plan to arm Cubans that had been exiled and send them back to Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Bay of Pigs

Answer

Operation Overthrow Cuba With Pigs

Answer

When Pigs Fly

Question 6

What event in 1962 caused America to go into a panic and almost led to World War III?

Accepted Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer

Communist Missile Crisis

Answer

American Missile Crisis

Question 7

In response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States placed an _______ on goods from Cuba?

Accepted Answer

embargo

Answer

grant

Answer

tolerance

Question 8

In 1980 the Cuban Government sent 125,000 Cubans to the United States as apart of the ________________ act?

Accepted Answer

Marial boatlift

Answer

Back to America

Answer

Cuban exile

Related quizzes