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The Spanish term for the French term, coup d'etat. A sudden and decisive action in politics, especially one resulting in a change of government illegally or by force. |
"Golpe de estado" |
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Form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations. |
dictatorship |
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The name of the official residence of the President of Chile. Site of the aerial bombardment by the Chilean air force on September 11, 1973. |
El Palacio De Moneda |
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General Augusto Pinochet is believed to have ordered the death of approximately _____ in Chile. |
3,197 |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true? |
There is generally no need to check sources of data published on professional-looking websites. |
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Chile is a member of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) . . |
a club for the world's most prosperous countries. |
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Since 1960, Chile's economy has had |
generally low inflation and good growth in GDP. |
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The most unequal region in the world. |
Latin America |
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A highly effective way to graphically depict the age and sex distribution of a population. |
Population Pyramids |
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Which of these countries are at or above replacement level fertility?- Chile- Cuba- United States |
None of the above |
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The Bay of Pigs invasion is generally seen as a spectacular failure for the United States and as a huge victory for Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Why? |
It is a classic "David and Goliath" story in which Cuba defeats the United States. |
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The Bay of Pigs invasion and the aftermath made it very clear that . |
Fidel Castro could count on the support of the Cuban people |
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Cuban exiles rather than U.S. Marines were the soldiers involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion. This was probably because . . |
The Cuban exiles were highly motivated to get rid of Castro. They had personal and family grievances that made them eager to fight. |
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Named "Supreme Director" of Chile. |
Bernardo O' Higgins |
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Chile attained its independence from Spain in what year? |
1818 |
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The phrase-by-phrase and even word-by-word correspondence between the Declaration of Independence of the United States and the "Actas" or declarations of Argentina, Venezuela, and Chile suggests that the authors of the Latin American documents . . |
viewed the Declaration of the United States as a template. |
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The very non-hispanic sounding surname of the Father of Chilean Independence. |
O' Higgins |
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In 1898, Cuban sovereignty passed from _____ to _____. |
Spain to the United States |
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Sovereignty is the authority of a state to rule itself. |
True |
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The best justification for referring to the "Independence" rather than the Independence of Cuba. |
There were blatant violations of Cuban sovereignty, like the Platt Amendment, when Cuba and Spain parted ways. |
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Poet, essayist and "Father" of Cuban independence. |
Jose Marti |
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Santería is remarkable primarily for what feature? |
Syncretism or cultural blending. |
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When President Barack Obama was in Cuba, he attended a _____ with Raúl Castro, the President of Cuba. |
baseball game |
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“A collective system of revolutionary vigilance,” established “so that everybody knows who lives on every block, what they do on every block, what relations they have had with the tyranny, in what activities are they involved, and with whom they meet.” |
CDR (Committees for the Defense of the Revolution) |
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As of 2016, there were ____ branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cuba. |
2 |
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Chilean exceptionalism |
The belief that Chile is different and not subject to the same patterns that neighboring nations are subject to. |
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Expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree; the fact or state of such expulsion. |
Exile |
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On July 26, 1953, this man led an attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago. |
Fidel Castro |
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The best evidence that the Cuban Revolution was a genuine revolution. |
The revolutionaries changed almost everything about Cuba. |
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July 26, 1953 |
The date when Fidel Castro and others attempted to take over the army barracks in Moncada, Cuba. |
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USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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Vasili Arkhipov was a Soviet . |
submarine commander who refused to authorize the firing of nuclear weapons even though he was under tremendous pressure to do so. |
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Select the most accurate statement. |
The Cuban Missile Crisis had its origins in the Bay of Pigs and in Operation Mongoose which followed. |
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The Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba were under the control of |
Soviet commanders in Cuba. They could have fired the weapons without authorization from Moscow. |
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Someone who believes that life in Cuba is unrelieved misery from cradle to grave has probably fallen victim to |
a single story |
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Any restriction imposed upon commerce by edict; a restraint or hindrance; prohibition |
Embargo |
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Socialist President of Venezuela. "Best friend of Cuba." Died in 2013. |
Hugo Chavez |
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The US embargo against Cuba has successfully isolated Cuba economically and culturally from all other countries except Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and North Korea. |
FALSE |
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Cuba is nearly self-sufficient in its food supply. |
FALSE |
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Which of the following is NOT an example of media bias? |
When news stories "fact check" statements by a candidate and find that many of his/her statements are not true. |
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Believing that the only proper way to view abortion is in terms of a woman's right to choose, framing the push for same-sex marriage as a close parallel to the civil rights movement, and presenting gun control legislation exclusively as an attack on the 2nd Amendment are examples of _____. |
single stories |
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Which of these statements gives the best advice on research resources? |
"I use peer-reviewed materials because scientists and scholars have to know what they are talking about in order to get published." |
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Elected President of Chile in 1970 with just 36.61% of the vote. |
Salvador Allende |
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What is the date of the death of Salvador Allende? |
September 11, 1973 |
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The Chilean path to socialism. |
Elections |
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Chile has 15 ___ and Cuba has 15 ___. |
Regions, provinces |
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Due to its extreme north-south length, Chile is very _____ geographically. |
diverse |
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President of Chile from 2006 - 2010 and again from 2014 - present. |
Michelle Bachelet |
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Billionaire businessman _____ was President of Chile in between the two terms of Michelle Bachelet. |
Sebastian Pinera |
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Group of Chilean economists trained in the United States. Promoted free market reforms during the Pinochet years. |
The Chicago Boys |
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The 1988 "No" campaign that led to Pinochet surrendering power . |
adopted a positive tone and emphasized that better days were ahead for Chile. |
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Which of the following is NOT a factor in the development of a language? |
Genetics |
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Chilean and Cuban Spanish are |
in the "lowland" zone |
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Dropping the final "s" sound is |
common in both Cuban and Chilean Spanish. |
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A “dialect” is a sub-standard variety of a language. |
False |
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Cuban and Chilean Spanish are totally different from each other. |
False |
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The people of Chile are |
relatively homogenous |
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Many Bolivians resent the fact that Chile took from Bolivia the land that gave them access to |
the Pacific Ocean |
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Freedom House, an independent group that monitors and promotes democracy around the world, ranks Cuba as "Not free." |
TRUE |
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights does NOT include this phrase |
"Everyone has the right to citizenship in any country and to protection as citizens in whatever country they choose as their home. |
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OAS |
organization of american states |
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Hugo Chaves |
socialist president of venezuela 54-2013 |
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ICBM |
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile |
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USSR |
union of soviet socialist republics (1922-1991) |
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U2 |
US high altitude spy plain |
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pinochet |
20,000 tortured in chile |
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antonio rodiles |
cuban physicist and dissident |
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raul castro |
named president of cuba in 2008 |
