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| The colonial era in most latin america lasted approximately _______ centuries. |
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Which of these is NOT one of the reasons given as to why the Spanish were able to conquer the great Aztec and Inca Empires of Latin America?
A. Alliances with indigenous peoples
B. Desease
C. Military & Technology tactics
D. Surprise and confusion
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| E. the peaceable nature of those conquered |
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| According to a sermon by Anton de Montesinos on the island of hispaniola in 1510, the Spaniars, because of their relationships with the Indians. |
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| IN spannish America, government offices were generally reserved for which group of people? |
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Which of the following is NOT true? The Spanish colonizers-
A.confronted large, sophisticated indigenous empires.
B. Developed value, independent legislatures that frequently conflicted with local viceroys.
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| B. Developed viable independent legislatures that frequently conflicted with local viceroys |
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| Most of the independence movements launched in 1810-1811_______ |
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| After independence, many Latin American countries experienced great political instability, led by one person after another. Many of these_______leaders or chiefs had been prominent military leaders in the war of independence. |
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| Best characterizes Peru's predominant experience with politics between 1824 and 1895 according to Blake? |
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| After independence, the major ideological division was between which two groups? |
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| conservatives and liberals |
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| Which theory, developed by Guillermo O'Donnell, contradicted modernization theory? |
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| bureaucratic-authoritarianism |
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| Which of the following is most clearly associated with D'Agostino's introduction of the term "caudillo"? |
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| One example of an "order and progress" dictater discussed by D'Agostino is _____ in Mexico. |
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| Beginning in some places around the turn of the century, but becoming much more important in the 1930s, most Latin American politcal regimes were forced to choose either to try to incorperate or to Brutally suppress the growing_____ movements. |
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D'Agostino discusses examples of revolutionary change in ALL BUT WHICH of
A. Bolivia
B. Cuba
C. Guatemala
D. Nicaragua
E. Paraguay |
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| D'Agostino discusses examples of guerrilla insurgencies during the era of democratization in LL BUT WHICH of the following countries? |
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| The term autogolpe (self coup) refering to an elected president closing the other branches of government and ruling as a dictator, sometimes with the support of the military, is most closely associated with which of the following countries in the 1990's? |
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| Today, there has been a near-universal movement toward democratic civilian rule in latin America, with ________ a significant exception to this trend. |
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| This term is associated with a new pattern of military involvement in politics that began in 1964 in Brazil and spread to Argentina, Chile, and other countries. |
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| The phrase of military invovlement in politics known as _______ was marked by british, French, and German military missions to Latin America, "breakthrough" and "veto" coups, a technocratic mentality, and coups after which the military often quickly retur |
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| which of the following has been the least characteristic of the miliray and politcs in Latin America over the last tow decades? |
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| Civilians, "knocking on the Barracks doors" |
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| According to Fraser's chapter on internations relations in Latin America, which of the following pairs of countries have Not had a major military conflict? |
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| Which of the following is NOT one of the theories of international relations discussed by Fraser? |
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| The United States has intervened militarily and clandestinely in Latin America on too many occations to list. WHich of the following time periods represents the period of time during which the United States was LEAST ACTIVE in sponsoring or leading milita |
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| WHich two Latin American countries sitting on the UN security Council in 2003, refused to support the US' rationale for invading Iraq? |
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Which of the following is NOT the name of a major trade agreement, trade initiative, or trade group?
A. CAFTA
B/ FARC
C. FTAA
D MERCOSUR
E/ NAFTA |
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| Which of the following has been much less of an important issue for Latin American internaitonal relations in the post-cold war period than it had been in previous periods? |
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| US military interventions |
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| A decision of the government of _______ in 1997 to devalue its currence had a powerful effect on Latin American economies, contributing to a devaluation in Brazil and economic crisis in Argentina. |
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| According to Gustavo Goriti, after the 1959 Cuban revolution, this was the first type of guerrilla movement to proliferate in Latin America. |
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| Sendero Luminoso, the Shining Path is an insurgency located in what country? |
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| According to the Economist, the central issue for last sunday's elections in Guatemala was? |
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| The adoption of Import Substitution INdustrialization (ISI) was motivated in Part by: |
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| decreasing prices for exports relative to imports |
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| What kind of crisis began in 1973, leading eventually to a change in the predominant economic model in Latin America? |
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During the so called "lost decade" (1980's) ________ in most of latin America.
A. debt fell
B. employment grew
C. GNP/Capita fell
D. inequality fell
E. Inflation fell |
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| Neoliberalism is most contrary to which of the following? |
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| as measured by the GINI index, in Latin America within-country ______ is the highest in the world. |
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| According to Fleet, the ost striking aspect of religious life in Latin America today is its_____ |
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| This played an important role in the renovation of the Catholic Church in Latin America beginning in the 1960's. |
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| According to Fleet, which of the following was NOT true about the leadership of the Catholic Church in Latin America by the late 1970's. |
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| There were not renewed efforts to extirpate (remove) pre-christian beliefs. |
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| According to Fleet, the growth of Protestant churches has been most dramatic in _______, where protestants are said to comprise over 25% of the population. |
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Which is NOT the name of a major religious tradition in Parts of LA?
A. Candomble
B. imble-imble
C. santeria
d. umbanda
e. vodou |
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