Deck 14: Politics in Mexico by Wayne a Cornelius and Jeffrey a Weldon

Question 1

The president holds office for a four-year term.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A cacique is a

A)government Cabinet.
B)group of local power brokers.
C)group of friends of the president.
D)set of business relationships.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Mexicans generally believe the government

A)should stay out of the economy.
B)has responsibility for the economy.
C)should hire technicos to run the economy.
D)should model the economy after the United States.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Most political elites are from the

A)richest business elites.
B)traditional landholders.
C)middle class.
D)union leadership.

Question 5

The 2006 election in Mexico was historic because

A)it represented the first defeat for the PRI in decades.
B)it returned Vicente Fox back to the presidency after a six-year term.
C)it was the first election held under Mexico's new constitution.
D)it had to be settled by a decision in the Mexican courts.

Question 6

Mexico's political system is characterized as ideologically homogenous.

Question 7

Over ninety percent of all public revenues in Mexico are collected

A)from the oil companies.
B)from the wealthiest landowners.
C)from a Value Added Tax (VAT).
D)by the federal government.

Question 8

In the 2000 election,the voting rate dropped because

A)of natural disasters.
B)those affiliated with the PRI did not vote.
C)there was a distrust in the electoral system.
D)of military involvement in the elections.

Question 9

After Mexican independence,church-state relations

A)flared into open confrontations on such issues.
B)began to improve.
C)suffered after numerous insurgent movements.
D)remained unchanged from before independence.

Question 10

The branch of government with the most decision-making power is the executive.

Question 11

The United States' bracero program during the Second World War allowed for

A)the internment of Mexicans believed to be undermining the war effort.
B)the recruitment of Mexicans into the U.S.armed forces.
C)the creation of literacy tests for immigration.
D)immigration from Mexico.

Question 12

The fundamental value which holds a cacique together is

A)personal loyalty.
B)political corruption.
C)expectation of political paybacks.
D)ideological coherence.

Question 13

In the past,labor unions have

A)been a threat to the stability of the regime.
B)been a conservative element.
C)been unresponsive to government rules.
D)been controlled by the PRI.

Question 14

Solidarity committees were established by

A)grassroots organizations.
B)the Salinas administration.
C)the church.
D)unions.

Question 15

The patron-client relationship is a form of

A)traditional peonage.
B)interest aggregation.
C)capitalism.
D)government bureaucracy.

Question 16

The selection of an individual to run for president has been traditionally done by

A)the legislature.
B)formal party organizations.
C)the current president and his cacique.
D)primary elections.

Question 17

Under President Salinas and his successors,the government has implemented

A)a Marxist economic system.
B)a socialist economic system.
C)a macroeconomic system that is severely controlled.
D)a neoliberal economic development model.

Question 18

Ejidatarios are

A)small peasant farmers.
B)urban workers.
C)peasants.
D)small businessmen.

Question 19

NAFTA is a multilateral trade agreement.

Question 20

The strongest political party has traditionally been the PRI.

Question 21

Mexico's welfare spending is among the highest in the world.

Question 22

Mexico's late-twentieth century economic crises caused massive job losses directly attributable to government mismanagement of the national economy.

Question 23

Most members of the political elite study abroad in the United States.

Question 24

The lower house of the legislative branch is called the Chamber of Deputies.

Question 25

The 1994 political reforms made it easier for the Supreme Court to rule laws of the government constitutional.