Modern Latin America vocabulary quiz

cold war

• a member

  of the Nicaraguan guerrilla force that opposed the Sandinistas from

  1979-1990.

• the period of political, ideological and economic rivalry that occurred after World War II between the former USSR and its communist allies and the United States and its democratic allies.

contra

• a member

  of the Nicaraguan guerrilla force that opposed the Sandinistas from

  1979-1990.

• dishonest

  and without morals, willing to do illegal things for money or power.

corrupt

• dishonest

  and without morals, willing to do illegal things for money or power.

• someone

  born in the Americas or US Gulf region who is of European descent.

coup

• a

  sudden, usually violent, attempt to take over the government.

• Cuban

  revolutionary and politician who governed Cuba as first prime minister and

  then president from 1959-2008.

Creole

• a person

  who rules cruelly and with absolute power; usually gaining this control by

  force.

• someone

  born in the Americas or US Gulf region who is of European descent.

dictator

• referring

  to the former Soviet Union, which included Russia and several other Eastern

  European countries.

• dishonest

  and without morals, willing to do illegal things for money or power.

• a person

  who rules cruelly and with absolute power; usually gaining this control by

  force.

Fidel

Castro

• a member

  of the Nicaraguan guerrilla force that opposed the Sandinistas from

  1979-1990.

• Cuban

  revolutionary and politician who governed Cuba as first prime minister and

  then president from 1959-2008.

junta

• a small

  group, usually of military leaders, that runs a country after a revolution or overthrow of the government.

• a sudden, usually violent, attempt to take over the government.

revolution

• an

  attempt by many people to overthrow an established government. They are usually violent.

• a small group, usually of military leaders, that runs a country after a revolution or overthrow of the government.

soviet

• a member

  of the Nicaraguan guerrilla force that opposed the Sandinistas from

  1979-1990.

• referring to the former Soviet Union, which included Russia and several other Eastern

  European countries.