Haiti’s gangs help oust political leader

Mar. 18, 2024

Q: Haiti’s prime minister agreed to resign last week after powerful warring gangs united and shut down the nation’s airport to prevent the politician from returning to the country. Where is Haiti on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Prime Minister Ariel Henry was unable to return to Haiti after going to what East African nation to help arrange for a security force to confront the gangs?

A. Angola

B. Kenya

C. Morocco

D. Nigeria

Q: What is the capital of Haiti?

A. Kingston

B. Port-au-Prince

C. San Juan

D. Santo Domingo

Q: Henry was appointed prime minister by Haiti’s last president who was assassinated in 2021. A group of 28 foreign mercenaries were accused of the killing. Most of them were from what South American country?

A. Colombia

B. Honduras

C. Nicaragua

D. Panama

Q: Haiti became an independent nation in 1805 after a five-year revolutionary war against which colonial power?

A. Britain

B. France

C. Netherlands

D. Spain

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