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POLSC324: Latin American/Caribbean Politics
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POLSC324: Latin American/Caribbean Politics
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1. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.According to the ECLAC's Social Panorama of Latin America (2011), the 7.3% unemployment rate is the lowest in the last two decades, mainly because of _______________.
2. According to the book, Democracies in Development, which of the following is one of the main obstacles to the institutionalization of democracy in Latin America?
3. Which of the following has been one of the most controversial issues between Latin America and the U.S.?
4. Mexico's large mestizo population has influenced Mexico's political development by doing which of the following?
5. Fill in the blank. After 49 years in power, Fidel Castro handed over power to ______________ in 2008.
6. What is the most important commodity export to China from the Latin American region?
7. Fill in the blank. _______________ is the main 'loser' of Hugo Chavez' oil politics.
8. In the longer term, why might Latin America's growing trade with China hurt Latin American economies?
9. Which of the following is a reason there are so many illegal immigrants coming to the United States from Mexico?
10. Which of the following is a solution proposed by Obama to slow down illegal immigration from Mexico?
11. Fill in the blank. Women have played an especially pronounced role in the indigenous movements of ________________, as the country moved toward democracy.
12. The main provision of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act was to provide which of the following?
13. According to the 2011 Latinobarometro survey, what is the most important reason for lower levels of satisfaction with democracy?
14. For much of the period from the 1940s-1970s, the former dictator of Argentina, Juan Peron, instituted which of the following policies?
15. Which of the following are threats to continued economic growth in Latin America, according to the ECLAC's Economic Survey of Latin America (2011)?
16. What is the dominant religion in Latin America?
17. The new regional trade bloc ALBA challenges neo-liberalism by doing which of the following?
18. Fill in the blank. In the Mexican city of Juarez, only about ______% of murders are investigated.
19. Party fragmentation in Latin America results in which of the following?
20. Although most Latin American countries have free and fair elections, why does their democratization process remain incomplete?
21. The illegal drug trade and violence in Mexico is closely linked to which of the following?
22. According to the ECLAC video, 'Time for Equality,' inequality can be solved in Latin America by doing which of the following?
23. Whereas the early Spanish colonies' economic strength was based on mining of gold and silver, the Portuguese's economic strength was based on which of the following?
24. The U.S. now imports most of its oil from which region of the world?
25. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.According the ECLAC's Economic Survey of Latin America (2011), inflation in Latin America has been _______________.