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1. Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.The use of gender quotas has _____________ promoting gender equality in government.
2. In Latin America, which country has the strongest presidential power over the legislature?
3. Which country has the highest level of party identification among voters?
4. The 'Dirty War' in Argentina during the late 1970s and early 1980s refers to which of the following?
5. What is the main goal of 'development economics?'
6. Fill in the blank. Most of the democracies of Latin America can be characterized as __________________.
7. According to the ECLAC's Social Panorama of Latin America (2011), which country had the highest poverty rate in 2009?
8. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, which of the following statements best describes U.S. influence in Latin America today?
9. The main provision of the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act was to provide which of the following?
10. Which of the following most accurately explains the derivation for the name of the geographical location, 'Latin America?'
11. The transition to democracy that began in Latin America during the late 1970s was characterized by which of the following?
12. What are the four sub-regions of Latin America?
13. The linear model of growth focuses on which of the following as the main problem of development?
14. Fill in the blank. Women have played an especially pronounced role in the indigenous movements of ________________, as the country moved toward democracy.
15. How many times did the U.S. invade and occupy Nicaragua?
16. Fill in the blank. Whereas South American independence was led by upper class leaders of the military, Mexican independence was led by ________________.
17. Which of the following has been one of the most controversial issues between Latin America and the U.S.?
18. Which of the following statements is true of the advantages that most Latin American presidents enjoy in their relations with legislatures?
19. Classical (or neo-classical) economics is concerned with which of the following?
20. Which of the following major political/legal reforms were recently undertaken by Mexican Presidents Fox and Calderon?
21. According to the 2011 Latinobarometro survey, which country has the lowest level of satisfaction with democracy?
22. Kennedy's Alliance for Progress did which of the following?
23. The U.S. now imports most of its oil from which region of the world?
24. From the perspective of most Latin American countries, which of the following statements about free trade agreements with the U.S. is true?
25. ECLAC recommended which economic solution to the problem of dependency during the 1960s?

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