Cuba by Sydney VanDenHemel https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw By: Syd VanDenHemel en-us 2019-03-04 19:18:16 UTC 2019-03-06 18:47:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 6 Fast Facts svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/337630828 1) Cuba is often called El Caiman or El Cocodrilo (Spanish for alligator), which is what the island looks like from an aerial view.
2)  Grade school is mandatory for every child in Cuba between the ages of 6 and 15. Uniforms are universally required with different colors for each grade level.
3)  Cuba has the highest doctor to patient ratio in the world. There are so many doctors in Cuba, that doctors are often sent abroad to countries with a great need of medical professionals.
4) The only cars that Cuban citizens can own legally are cars created and bought before 1959. After this year, the Cuban government seized all of the cars, and owns them all to this day.
5) Dance is very important in Cuba, the birthplace of classic dance styles like the Bolero, Mambo and Cha Cha.
6) The smallest bird in the world can be found in Cuba. It is the Bee Hummingbird, which only grows to be 2 inches in length.
 ]]> 2019-03-04 19:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/337630828 Physical Map of Cuba svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/337635666 Longitude and Latitude Coordinate
21.5218° N, 77.7812° W
]]> 2019-03-04 19:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/337635666 Map of Latin America svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/337636275 The capital of Cuba is Havana. ]]> 2019-03-04 19:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/337636275 Food svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/337640278 Tamales. Similar to the Mexican tamales, but in Cuba the meat is actually mixed with the dough and not used as a filling.

]]> 2019-03-04 19:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/337640278 Demographics svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338085461 1) Their life expectancy is 79.74 years old.
2) The literacy rate is 99.75%.
3)  The birthrate is 1.72 births per woman
4) The population growth is 0.1% annual change
5) Cuba's main imports are machinery, food and fuel products, while its major exports are refined fuels, sugar, tobacco, nickel and pharmaceuticals.
]]> 2019-03-05 19:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338085461 History of Cuba svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338097826 The country faced a severe economic downturn in 1990 following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies worth $4-6 billion annually. Cuba at times portrays the US embargo, in place since 1961, as the source of its difficulties. Over the past decade, there has been growing communication with the Cuban Government to address national interests. As a result of efforts begun in December 2014 to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Cuban Government, which were severed in January 1961, the US and Cuba reopened embassies in their respective countries on 20 July 2015. However, the embargo remains in place.]]> 2019-03-05 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338097826 Climate svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338100381 tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)]]> 2019-03-05 19:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338100381 Landscape svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338103870 agricultural land: 60.3% 
arable land: 33.8% / permanent crops: 3.6% / permanent pasture: 22.9%
forest: 27.3%
other: 12.4%
]]> 2019-03-05 19:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338103870 Government svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338540694 unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (605 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the National Candidature Commission submits a slate of approved candidates; to be elected, candidates must receive more than 50% of valid votes otherwise the seat remains vacant or the Council of State can declare another election.]]> 2019-03-06 18:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338540694 Language svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338546404 The only and official language of Cuba is Spanish. ]]> 2019-03-06 18:42:34 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338546404 Religion svandenhemel23 https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338548816 Nominally Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria]]> 2019-03-06 18:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/svandenhemel23/avd10p8yu3bw/wish/338548816