Cuba welcomes new Internet cable link

Feb. 14, 2011

Q: Cuba has welcomed the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable linking it to Venezuela, which will make download speeds 3,000 times faster for the very few Cubans with Internet connections. Where is Cuba?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: The new cable is a about 1,000 miles long. Why didn't Cuba connect to Florida, which is only about 90 miles away?

A. Slow connections in Florida

B. U.S. embargo of Cuba

C. Cuban embargo of U.S.

D. Florida link too expensive

Q: Only 3 percent of Cubans have access to the web - the lowest figure in the western hemisphere. What is the poorest country in the western hemisphere?

A. Cuba

B. Bermuda

C. Haiti

D. Colombia

Q: Who is the president of Cuba?

A. Fidel Castro

B. Fulgencio Batista

C. Hugo Chavez

D. Raul Castro

Q: In 1902, Cuba gained its independence from . . .

A. United States

B. Britain

C. France

D. Spain

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