2. Climate Climate of Cuba is semitropical trade winds and sea breezes make coastal areas more habitable than temperature alone Cuba has a rainy season from May to October Droughts are common Cuba's eastern coast is often hit by hurricanes from August to October, resulting in great economic loss.
3. Important regions The Sierra Maestra is Cuba's largest mountain range symbolic point of reference for the Cuban nation area served as refuge and campground to Cuban rebels dating back to Hatuey (killed in 1511) Many intense battles took place in and around the mountain range
4. Development of country The development of the country is horrible due to the hurricanes This is a third world country not only due to communism but also because the hurricanes destroy everything in the towns The mountains however how protected the people from many battles
5. Ethnic 70% of Cubans are of Spanish descent Black population is descended from the slaves and from migrants from neighboring states, in particular Jamaica. Chinese and African slaves were taken to Cuba in the early 1900s
6. Poverty in Cuba Living standards in Cuba fell dramatically in the early 1990s after the collapse of the east European communist bloc, 50% of nation still lives off of the peso other half uses the American dollar Communism puts a restriction on the amount of goods the people can buy at the market Communism also limits the jobs and how much money the common house hold can make
7. The Cuban People Language spoken: Spanish Most of their influences are from Spain and Africa Dancing is a huge part of their culture
8. Fidel Castro Cuban revolutionary and politician Position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 then President from 1976 to 2008
9. Cuban Missile Crisis confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States in October 1962, during the Cold War unsuccessful operations by the U.S. to overthrow the Cuban regime The compromise was a particularly sharp embarrassment for Khrushchev and the Soviet Union because the withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Italy and Turkey was not made public
10. Bay of Pigs Invasion The Bay of Pigs invasion was intended to provoke popularity for an uprising against Fidel Castro Instead, it gave Castro a military victory and a permanent symbol of Cuban resistance to American aggression. Planning for the invasion began in 1960, before diplomatic ties with Cuba had been broken since the plan was to overthrow a government with which the United States was not at war.
