1. Cuba

2. Three distinct tribes: Taino/Guanajatabey and the Ciboney people.
Pre-Columbus
Three distinct tribes: Taino/Guanajatabey and the Ciboney people.
The name ‘Cuba’ comes from the native Taino language. Derives from either coabana meaning ‘great place’ or cubao meaning ‘where fertile land is abundant’.

3. First voyage in 1492, Columbus landed on Cuba’s northeastern coast.
Claimed the island for Spain – led to Spanish colonization.
Result = Spanish influence on population today.

4. Cuban figures
Fidel Castro – Cuban politician/revolutionary who governed Cuba as Prime Minister from and as President from Made Cuba a one-party communist state.
Celia Cruz – most popular Latin artist of the 20th century and is widely renowned as the ”Queen of Salsa.”

5. Interesting Facts about Cuba
Cuba is the most populated country in the Caribbean, with more than 11 million residents.
The only cars that Cuban citizens can own legally are cars created and bought before After this year, the Cuban government seized all of the cars, and owns them all to this day. Most of the pre-1959 cars in the country are from the United States.
The US attempted to invade Cuba several times. In 1848, they decided to give up and offered Spain $100 million dollars for Cuba, but the offer was rejected.