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HIST222 Final Exam - Modern Latin America
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MCQs on the history of Latin America from the early 19th century, when many Latin American colonies declared their independence from European rule (predominately Spain and Portugal), to the present day.
 

HIST222 Final Exam - Modern Latin America
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1. In Mexican history, the period from 1920 to 1940 was dedicated to the realization of the objectives of the 1917 constitution.What was this period called?
2. Was the United States involved in the Mexican Revolution, and if so, how?
3. The Tupamaros, also known as the MLN (Movimiento de Liberación Nacional, or National Liberation Movement), was an urban guerrilla movement in the 1960s and 1970s in which country?
4. On April 9, 1952, the revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) led a successful revolt and set into motion the Bolivian National Revolution (1952-1964).Which of the following actions was NOT implemented by the MNR after their rise to power?
5. When did the Cuban Revolution take place?
6. The Panamanian Revolution ended on November 3, 1903, with the establishment of the Republic of Panama as a separate entity from which other republic?
7. Fill in the blank. In the 19th century, most people in Latin America were engaged in ______________.
8. Who was Juan Domingo Perón?
9. The Falklands War was fought in 1982 over the disputed Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands by which two nations?
10. In the period between 1820 and 1924, approximately how many European immigrants went to South America?
11. In Uruguay, the military government (1973-1985) took power in the face of a decade of economic stagnation and high inflation.The military government's economic program sought to transform Uruguay into an international financial center by using all of the following methods EXCEPT:
12. Fill in the blank. Samuel Zemurray (1877-1961), who played a significant and controversial role in the history of Honduras, was ___________________.
13. The Nicaraguan Revolution (also known as the Sandinista Revolution) was an uprising against whose dictatorship?
14. The Túpac Amaru II uprising (1780-1782) in the southern Peruvian and Bolivian highlands threatened to remove the colonial elite and establish which of the following?
15. 19th century Argentinean feminist Maria Eugenia Echenique argued that women were capable of more than caring for a home and having children.According to her, how could women become truly emancipated?
16. Fill in the blank. In 2000, at the United Nations General Assembly, U.N. member nations adopted the eight Millennium Development Goals, which set specific targets in fight against inequalities in South America; however, their most important commitment was to reduce ___________________.
17. In the 1990s, the U.S. military became an instrument of drug foreign policy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
18. Fill in the blank. In 1962-1965, the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church gave Latin American church organizations the best possible theoretical justification to activities developed under the signs of a theology of progress.This Ecumenical Council is also known as the _______________.
19. Fill in the blank. In 1964, the Brazilian army assumed power in a coup d'état.The army chief of staff, Marshal Humberto Castelo Branco, became president with the intention of ______________.
20. Fill in the blank. Lázaro Cárdenas was a Mexican revolutionary leader and president.During his administration, he carried out major land reforms.These reforms mostly benefited the _______________.
21. Who was Fulgencio Batista(1901-1973)?
22. In which year was the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States approved?
23. Fill in the blank. Between 1850 and 1890, the population of Latin America _____________.
24. Liberation theology is a movement in Christian theology which interprets the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of 'liberation' from which of the following?
25. In 19th century Brazil, coffee plantations created a major export commodity for Brazilian trade, but also led to which of the following?

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