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POLSC324: Latin American/Caribbean Politics
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POLSC324: Latin American/Caribbean Politics
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1. During the 1960s and 1970s, Brazil's military dictatorship pursued which of the following policies?
2. Fill in the blank. Women have played an especially pronounced role in the indigenous movements of ________________, as the country moved toward democracy.
3. The regional trade bloc and common market of South America is known by which acronym?
4. According to the report, '30 Years of Democracy:Riding the Wave?' women face all of the following obstacles in getting elected EXCEPT:
5. According to the video, 'Women in Latin America,' which of the following is a serious problem that women face in their struggle for equality?
6. President Lula and his Workers Party pursued an economic policy that included which of the following?
7. What is the most important commodity export to China from the Latin American region?
8. Which country has the highest level of party identification among voters?
9. Which of the following best describes the population settlement patterns in Latin America?
10. 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?
11. The illegal drug trade and violence in Mexico is closely linked to which of the following?
12. The new regional trade bloc ALBA challenges neo-liberalism by doing which of the following?
13. What is the most important factor that favors electoral participation?
14. Fill in the blank. Generally-speaking, voter turn-out in Latin America is _____________ than in the U.S.
15. The linear model of growth focuses on which of the following as the main problem of development?
16. Fill in the blank. Most of the democracies of Latin America can be characterized as __________________.
17. Cuba's 'Black Spring' of 2003 refers to which of the following?
18. According to the video, 'Crisis of Neo-Liberalism, Pt. 2,' the crisis of neo-liberalism is evidenced by which of the following?
19. The main provision of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act was to provide which of the following?
20. Fill in the blank. According to Michael Reid's article 'So Near Yet So Far' in The Economist, despite impressive economic growth in Latin America from 2008 until today, there are still big challenges posed by _________________.
21. The transition to democracy that began in Latin America during the late 1970s was characterized by which of the following?
22. Fill in the blank. Because of _________________, the U.S. had the right to directly intervene in Cuba's economic and political affairs.
23. Venezuela's oil revenues have been used to do which of the following?
24. Who was Benito Juarez?
25. Who was the U.S.-supported dictator of Cuba whom Fidel Castro overthrew in 1959?