Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/guantanamo-bay-naval-base

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base?45 square miles (117 km2)
2. What is the location?Guantánamo Bay, southeastern Cuba
3. What is the lease commencement?February 23, 1903
4. Why does the U.S. keep a base in Cuba?The U.S. has a lease that never ends, signed in 1903, and both sides must agree to end it or the U.S. must leave. That keeps the base there even though Cuba sometimes protests.
5. How do people live on the base?The base is like a small town with schools, hospitals, shops, and parks. Families and soldiers live there and use U.S. schools and services.

Perpetual Lease: A lease agreement that continues indefinitely without a set end date.
Unlawful Combatant: A term used to describe individuals engaged in hostilities who do not qualify as prisoners of war.
Habeas Corpus: A legal writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.