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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Matching Game - Presidents of Latin America


Below, simply match the past president with the correct country. Argentina and Mexico both have two answer choices. Answers are found multiple spaces down below. Of course, try not to consult the Internet or any other sources to see if you have great knowledge or guessing skills about these questions!

1. Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira was the 21st president (1956-1961) of __________.

2. Bernardino Rivadavia was the 1st president (1826-1827) of __________.

3. José de San Martin was the 1st president (1821-1822) of __________ and encouraged the independence of Argentina from Spain.

4. Jean-Pierre Boyer was the 2nd president (1818-1843) of __________, one of two countries on the island of Hispaniola.

5. Raúl Alfonsín was the 46th president (1983-1989) of __________ and was the country's first democratically elected president after a previous military government.

6. Miguel Alemán was the 46th president (1946-1952) of __________.

7. Fulgencio Batista was the 9th president (1940-1944) and the 12th "president" (basically a dictator from 1952-1959) of __________.

8. Pedro Santana was the 1st (1844-1848), 4th (1853-1856), and 8th (1858-1861) president of the __________, the other country on the island of Hispaniola.

9. Lázaro Cárdenas was the 44th president (1934-1940) of __________.


















Answers
1. Brazil
2. Argentina
3. Peru
4. Haiti
5. Argentina
6. Mexico
7. Cuba
8. Dominican Republic
9. Mexico

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