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1 What is the national anthem of Haiti?

2 ________ landed at Môle Saint-Nicolas on 5 December 1492, and claimed the island for Spain.

3 Henri I is best known for constructing the Citadelle Laferrière, the largest ________ in the Western Hemisphere, to defend the island against the French.

4 When was Haiti established?

5 Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, who might have been born in St Marc, Saint-Domingue in 1745 and established a fur trading post at present-day ________.

6 The French achieved some victories, but within a few months, ________ had killed most of the French soldiers.

7 Which of the following is an officially recognised ethnic group in Haiti?

8 The population density of Haiti: How many people are there per square mile?

9 How many square miles is Haiti in area?

10 What does the following picture show?  "Tap tap" bus in Port-Salut.   1510 pictograph telling a story of missionaries arriving in Hispaniola   Jean Jacques Dessalines, leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Haitian military leader and former slave Lamour Desrances allied with the enemies of Haitian Revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture in the War of the Knives?
  • the Haitian palm, Attalea crassispatha, is so rare that there were only 25 of them left in 1991?
  • the 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake destroyed all the buildings of Port-au-Prince, in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (the future Haiti)?
  • the Bahá'í Faith was first brought to Haiti in 1927?
  • while Auguste Achintre was traveling to New York City as Haiti's ambassador to the United States, the Haitian government was overthrown, revoking his role as ambassador?
  • the sailors of the Santa María shipwrecked in Haiti were infected by the first reported cases of tungiasis, a disease caused by burrowing fleas?
  • the African-American dancer Lavinia Williams gave up ballet stardom in the United States to spend decades developing national schools of Caribbean traditional dance in Haiti, Guyana, and the Bahamas?
  • Mexeflote rafts from the British Royal Logistic Corps were used to transport supplies to the remote Haitian village of Anse-à-Veau following the 2010 earthquake?
  • Haitian pianist and composer Ludovic Lamothe was hailed as the "black Frédéric Chopin" after years of recitals to the Haitian elite?
  • Haitian expatriate artist Edouard Duval-Carrié criticized the regime of Jean-Claude Duvalier by creating artwork that parodied Duvalier?
  • David M. Malone, a Canadian diplomat and specialist on international affairs, has worked extensively on relations with Haiti and used to stay at the Hotel Montana, destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake?
  • George Burgess, the first Episcopal Bishop of Maine, died at sea in 1866 while traveling to Haiti on Church business?
  • Hurricane Gordon was a Category 1 hurricane that killed 1,122 people in Haiti in 1994 and that the hurricane name was not retired by the World Meteorological Organization?
  • Haiti has the lowest coverage of electricity in the Western Hemisphere, with only about 12.5% of the population having regular access to electricity?
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