Deck 5: Latin America

Question 1

When did Hernan Cortés conquer the Aztec empire?

A) 1492
B) 1521
C) 1620
D) 1684
E) 1737

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Where was the Incan empire centered?

A) Mexico's Yucatán peninsula
B) The isthmus of Panama
C) The Guiana Highlands
D) The Amazon
E) The Andes

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Cuba's economy has long been dependent upon which commodity? -------------------------------.

A) sugar
B) oil
C) corn
D) copper
E) fishing

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which president is most widely admired by the Mexican people?

A) José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz
B) Lázaro Cárdenas
C) Carlos Salinas de Gortari
D) Vicente Fox
E) Felipe Calderón

Question 5

In Latin America, individuals with mixed European and indigenous blood are referred to as:

A) encomiendas
B) peninsulares
C) conquistadores
D) mestizos
E) criollos

Question 6

When was the US-Mexico War?

A) 1810-12
B) 1846-48
C) 1870-72
D) 1898
E) 1919-20

Question 7

Hugo Chavez:

A) led a successful military coup, and never ran in free and fair elections
B) led an unsuccessful coup, and assumed the presidency through rigged elections
C) led an unsuccessful coup, and assumed the presidency in free and fair elections
D) led a successful military coup, and assumed the presidency in free and fair elections
E) none of the above

Question 8

Which of the following describes the 'balloon effect'

A) The violence associated with drug trafficking can only grow over time
B) Drug trafficking is an issue that politicians avoid
C) A reduction in drug production in one region invariably leads to an increase in another area
D) Drug consumption tends to grow and decline in cycles
E) A country can only produce so much of the commodities required for drugs

Question 9

Which of the following characterized the Porfiriato in Mexico?

A) Economic decline
B) Growing prosperity for the lower classes
C) Democratic opening
D) A growth in foreign investment
E) Military rule

Question 10

What has proven to be the greatest impediment to democratic promotion in the Western Hemisphere?

A) Economic underdevelopment
B) Military pressure
C) A lack of US support
D) Sovereignty
E) Corruption

Question 11

President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia has been recently tainted by revelations of ties between some of his congressional allies and:

A) the AUC
B) the FARC
C) Jorge Gaitán
D) Hugo Chávez

Question 12

Which of the following is a cause of the growing use of the escrache by protestors in Latin America:

A) A weak judicial system
B) The Internet
C) Regional integration
D) Drug trafficking
E) The New Left

Question 13

Which of the following countries gained its independence latest?

A) Chile
B) Colombia
C) Cuba
D) Mexico
E) Venezuela

Question 14

Which of the following distinguishes the newest divisions in Cuban society?

A) Race
B) Religion
C) Access to foreign exchange
D) Membership in the communist party
E) Education

Question 15

Historically, populist leaders in Latin America were associated with which economic strategy?

A) Mercantilism
B) Import-substitution industrialization
C) The mita system
D) Neoliberalism
E) Debt reduction

Question 16

In recent times, which group has been associated with the most human rights abuses in Colombia?:

A) The AUC
B) The FARC
C) The armed forces
D) The Conservative Party
E) The Liberal Party

Question 17

Generally speaking, which of the following political institutions is the strongest in Latin America?:

A) the legislature
B) the judiciary
C) political parties
D) the presidency

Question 18

What most immediately triggered economic reform in Cuba?:

A) A tightening of economic sanctions from the United States
B) Social protests
C) The cutoff of Soviet aid
D) Criticisms from human rights activists
E) The desire to join the FTAA

Question 19

Which of the following sets of countries produces the most coca:

A) Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela
B) Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela
C) Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru
D) Bolivia, Mexico, and Venezuela
E) Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela

Question 20

Which of the following countries contains the smallest population of indigenous peoples? *-------------------------------.

A) Argentina
B) Bolivia
C) Guatemala
D) Mexico
E) Peru

Question 21

When was the Cuban Revolution?

A) 1932
B) 1945
C) 1959
D) 1965
E) 1973

Question 22

Which of the following did not comprise part of the Monroe Doctrine?

A) No new colonies in Latin America
B) No transfers of existing colonies in Latin America
C) No new independent states in Latin America
D) U.S. abstention from European affairs
E) The exclusion of Europe from the Western Hemisphere

Question 23

The Andes delimit the border between:

A) Brazil and Argentina
B) Venezuela and Colombia
C) Mexico and Guatemala
D) Brazil and Bolivia
E) Argentina and Chile

Question 24

Which empire was best known for its martial skills:

A) The Mayans
B) The Yanomani
C) The Incans
D) The Aztecs
E) The Chibchas

Question 25

In which contemporary city was the Inca capital located?

A) Cuzco
B) Mexico City
C) Buenos Aires
D) Caracas
E) La Paz

Question 26

Most caudillos came from the mestizo class.

Question 27

Analysts no longer view the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) as a viable idea.

Question 28

Economic inequality remains one of Brazil's most pressing concerns.

Question 29

Mexico experienced economic reform before its recent democratic reform.

Question 30

Under the Obama Administration, US policy toward Cuba no longer demands regime change before the embargoes are relaxed.

Question 31

Violence is a recent occurrence in Colombia, having only emerged with the growth of drug trafficking.

Question 32

The Bourbon reforms favored the peninsulares in colonial Latin America.

Question 33

The New Left describes the group of Latin American leaders that uniformly share a radical critique of U.S. foreign policies.

Question 34

The political and economic autonomy of the hacienda system undermined caudillo politics.

Question 35

The territorial boundaries of Latin American countries have not changed much through history.

Question 36

How have issues of race and ethnicity affected the political development of Latin America?

Question 37

Describe the New Left in Latin America and assess the validity of the criticisms directed toward the United States.

Question 38

Compare and contrast the challenges to economic and political development faced by the countries of Mexico, Brazil, and Cuba.

Question 39

Describe how economic dependency in Latin America has changed over time.

Question 40

Should we expect a dramatic change in US-Latin American relations under the Obama Adminstration? What sort of impediments would President Obama have to overcome?