Examples of Questions

Cuba          Dominican Republic          Puerto Rico          Venezuela 

 Cuba

1.   What type of government does Cuba have?

2.   Who is the leader of that government?

3.   What is the only active political party in Cuba?

4.   What is the capital of Cuba?

5.   How many provinces does Cuba have?

6.   What is the name of the Cuban Currency?

7.   What are some of the environmental issues concerning Cuba today?

8.   What is Cuba's population?

9.   What kind of climate does Cuba have?

10.   What kind of terrain does Cuba have?

11.   What are some of Cuba's natural resources?

12.   Prior to Castro's assumption of control of the island nation, what was the 
      dominant religious group?

13.   Cuba celebrates its independence from Spain on what day?

14.   Cuba celebrates its independence from the United States on what day?

15.   What is the official language spoken in Cuba?

16.   Cuba received aid, (both military and economically) from which world super­power right up
      until its collapse in 1992? Hint: resulted in the Cuban missile crisis.

17.  The United States operates a naval base, where in Cuba?

18. (True/False) The United States still maintains a trade embargo with Cuba, prohibiting the export of Cuban products to the U.S.

19. What is the punishment for drug related crimes in Cuba?

20. How many Internet users are there in Cuba?

Dominican Republic

1. What is the capital?

2.   Who were the first people to reach the Dominican Republic?

3.   Who helped the Dominican Republic gain its independence?

4.   What ocean is to the north of the Dominican Republic?

5.   What is the size of the land area of the Dominican Republic?

6.   What is the largest mountain?

7.   What type of climate does it have?

8.   What is the most popular form of art?

9.   What is the main religion that is practiced?

10.   What are the names of the two worst hurricanes that they have had?

11.   What is the literacy rate?

12.   What is the second largest city?

13.   What is the population?

14.   How many kilometers of beach does it have?

15.   What type of government does it have?

16.   What are the months of the hurricanes?

17.   How many people live in Santiago?

18.   How many people live in Santo Domingo?

19.   What is the percentage of white people?

20.   When did the Dominican Republic gain its independence?

Puerto Rico

1. What is the capital of Puerto Rico?

2. What is the most popular sport in Puerto Rico?

3. What is the greatest agricultural product in Puerto Rico?

4. Who was the first person to discover Puerto Rico?  

5. True or False, Puerto Rico is larger than Rhode Island.  

6. What is the major religion in Puerto Rico?  

7. What is the currency used in Puerto Rico?  

8. What is the second most popular religion in Puerto Rico?  

9. What is the population of Puerto Rico?  

10. Puerto Rico is Spanish for what?  

11. Until 1897 Puerto Rico was directly under the control of what country?

12. True or False. The temperature in Puerto Rico varies greatly from summer to winter.

13. True or False. Puerto Rico exports to the U. S. one half of its prescription drugs.

14. What 2 body of waters surround Puerto Rico.

15. In what year was Puerto Rico officially ceded to the U. S.?

16. True or False. Puerto Ricans have to pay American taxes.

17. What were the original Spanish interests in Puerto Rico?

18. Whose government is responsible for handling Puerto Rico's foreign affairs?

19. How many Puerto Ricans live in the U.S.?

Venezuela

1. What language do they speak?

2. What is their population?

3. Adult literacy amongst Venezuelans is what %?

4. How much of the population is under the age of 18?

5. How many indigenous groups are there in Venezuela?

6. What % of the population is mulatto-mestizo decent?

7. How many native indian languages are in Venezuela?

8. When did Venezuela's theatre tradition begin?

9. Name one museum in Caracas?

10. What is the traditional music of the Zulia state?

11. During what period did Venezuelan literature begin to develop?

12. Caracas is home to what % of the population?

13. What is Venezuela's capital?

14. Venezuela encompasses how many geographical regions?

15. The country has how many elementary schools?

16. Venezuelan's call their language what?

17. True or False:  Venezuela is entirely in the tropics?

18. What % of Venezuela is cultivated?

19. Venezuela is bordered by which country in the south:  Brazil, Columbia, or Guyana?

20. True or False:  Venezuela's population is the fastest growing in South America?