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Chapter 32 Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chapter 32 Latin America: Revolution and Reaction in the 20th Century | |
| MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. | |
| 1) What distinguishes those regions referred to as the "Third World" from other societies | |
| A) lack of stable political institutions | |
| B) lack of industrialization | |
| C) lack of major religious systems | |
| D) isolation in the world commercial network | |
| E) colonial status | |
| 2) The "Second World" refers to | |
| A) the industrialized West. | |
| B) Latin America. | |
| C) industrialized communist nations. | |
| D) unindustrialized nations. | |
| E) former British colonies. | |
| 3) Which of the following nations is NOT part of the "First World" | |
| A) the United States | |
| B) Japan | |
| C) Britain | |
| D) the Soviet Union | |
| E) Germany | |
| 7734) In which of the regions of the world did Latin America belong | |
| A) First World | |
| B) Second World | |
| C) Third World | |
| D) Fourth World | |
| E) colonial world | |
| 5) Which of the following statements concerning change in Latin America in the twentieth century is most accurate | |
| A) The region has remained remarkably unchanged, as the old institutions and patterns of politics and economy have adapted to new situations. | |
| B) While the Latin American economy had remained relatively unchanged, the political and social order has been revolutionized. | |
| C) The most significant change has been in the overthrow of the old social hierarchy based on race and color. | |
| D) The elites of Latin America now are based on the increasingly dominant labor movement that accompanied industrialization throughout Latin America. | |
| E) Labor conditions in Latin America are now comparable to those in North America. | |
| 6) Two events set in motion trends that would determine much of Latin America's subsequent history: World War I and | |
| A) World War II. | |
| B) the Mexican Revolution. | |
| C) the Peron era. | |
| D) the communist revolution in Cuba. | |
| E) the Panama Canal. | |
| 7) At the end of World War I, what nation emerged as the dominant foreign power in Latin America | |
| A) Britain | |
| B) Germany | |
| C) the United States | |
| D) Spain | |
| E) France. | |
| 8) The Mexican Revolution began in | |
| 774A) 1901. B) 1910. C) 1914. D) 1919. E) 1876. | |
| 9) The man who had been in charge of the Mexican government since 1876 at the time of the Mexican Revolution was | |
| A) Francisco Madero. | |
| B) Augustin Iturbide. | |
| C) Benito Juarez. | |
| D) Porfirio Diaz. | |
| E) Jose Limantour. | |
| 10) What politician first challenged the Mexican government in 1910 | |
| A) Francisco Madero | |
| B) Augustin Iturbide | |
| C) Benito Juarez | |
| D) Porfirio Diaz | |
| E) Juan Almonte | |
| 11) Which of the following political and military leaders was NOT involved in the Mexican Revolution in 1910 | |
| A) Juan Jose Arevalo | |
| B) Francisco Madero | |
| C) Emiliano Zapata | |
| D) Pancho Villa | |
| E) Venustiano Carranza | |
| 12) What was the primary goal of Zapata's forces within the Mexican Revolution | |
| A) the presidency for Zapata | |
| B) industrialization | |
| C) extension of the plantation economy in Oaxaca | |
| D) sweeping land reform | |
| E) a democratic government | |
| l3) In 1920 who was elected, bringing the Mexican Revolution to a close | |
| A) Emiliano Zapata | |
| B) Victoriano Huerta | |
| C) Alvaro Obregon | |
| D) Francisco Madero | |
| E) Jose Vasconcelos | |
| 14) The communal holdings created as part of the program of land reform following the Mexican Revolution were called | |
| A) playas. | |
| B) tierra libertad. | |
| C) las casas. | |
| D) ejidos. | |
| E) Encomiendas. | |
| 15) Which of the following reforms was NOT included in the revolutionary constitution of 1917 in Mexico | |
| A) state takeover of property belonging to the Catholic Church | |
| B) limited foreign ownership of key resources | |
| C) land reform | |
| D) guaranteed rights for workers | |
| E) education reform | |
| 16) Which of the following was included in the policy of "indigenism" that was incorporated into many of the post-revolutionary reforms in Mexico | |
| A) the removal of all evidence of Spanish heritage | |
| B) the Mexican muralist movement featuring works of Diego Rivera and Jose Oemente Orozco . | |
| C) active attempts to Europeanize Mexican culture | |
| D) intentional emulation of Soviet "socialist realism" | |
| E) less funding for archeological research | |
| 17) Who were the "Cristeros | " |
| A) Marxist revolutionaries within the Mexican labor force | |
| B) radicals who sought to overthrow the influence of Catholicism in Mexico | |
| C) conservative peasants backed by the Church who fought to stop the slide toward secularism | |
| D) members of the revolutionary elite who desired the establishment of a parliamentary democracy | |
| E) the strongest supporters of the Revolution of 1910 | |
| 18) In 1934, Mexico nationalized its | |
| A) steel industry. | |
| B) petroleum industry . | |
| C) mining industry. | |
| D) textile industry. | |
| E) telephone company. | |
| 19) Which of the following statements most accurately summarizes the state of Mexican political organization after the revolution | |
| A) A multitude of political parties so confused the electoral scene that no meaningful political compromise could be achieved. | |
| B) Mexico was immediately dominated by labor parties who originated in the northern parts of Mexico. | |
| C) The revolutionary leadership institutionalized the regime by creating a one-party system under PRI. | |
| D) Presidents ruled much as the caudillos before them without limitation of powers or term of office. | |
| E) The system of foreign investment encouraged under Diaz was continued. | |
| 20) The spurt of industrial growth that occurred throughout Latin America when World War I cut off the traditional agricultural exports is called | |
| A) "export laden capitalization." | |
| B) the "Laffer Curve." | |
| C) "indigenization." | |
| D) "import substitution industrialization." | |
| E) "postwar prosperity." | |
| 21) In many Latin American countries, the traditional landowning oligarchy began to open up the political system in order meet the demand of what group to share political power | |
| A) laborers | |
| B) Indians | |
| C) middle class | |
| D) gauchos | |
| E) creoles | |
| 22) Between 1914 and 1930, Latin America was swept by | |
| A) strikes and labor unrest in response to economic dislocation. | |
| B) Indian uprisings. | |
| C) conservative revolutions in favor of caudillos. | |
| D) a series of European invasions. | |
| E) a devastating series of floods. | |
| 23) What was the primary difference between the Liberal governments of Latin America and those of Europe | |
| A) Latin American Liberals were more closely allied with labor. | |
| B) The programs of Latin American Liberals produced more social mobility. | |
| C) Latin American Liberals gained power in conjunction with the traditional oligarchy, and their programs failed to dissolve class boundaries. | |
| D) Latin American Liberals introduced the reformist ideal of the "cooperative democracy." | |
| E) Latin American liberals were much closer to the Communists. | |
| 24) What event brought an end to many of the Liberal governments in Latin America | |
| A) World War I | |
| B) the Great Depression | |
| C) World War n | |
| D) the Mexican Revolution | |
| E) the Cold War | |
| 25) Who was the popular reformist president of Mexico who governed between 1934 and 1940 | |
| A) Porfirio Diaz | |
| B) Diego Rivera | |
| C) Eligio Martinez | |
| D) Lazaro Cardenas | |
| E) Plutarco Calles | |
| 26) What type of government did Getelio Vargas institute in Brazil between 1929 and 1945 | |
| A) Vargas restored the Brazilian monarchy. | |
| B) Vargas introduced a centralized program based on ideas from Mussolini's Italy in 1937 before turning to the left by 1945. | |
| C) Vargas introduced a socialist and totalitarian government in 1929 based on the model of Stalin's Russia. | |
| D) Vargas was dedicated to the principles of liberal democracy and the retention of a vibrant and open political arena. | |
| E) Vargas ended all forms of racial oppression and dedicated the government to the principle of absolute equality. | |
| 27) What military leader in Argentina broadened the base of support for the conservative government by appealing to labor groups and by utilizing the popularity of his wife | |
| A) Juan D. Peron military | |
| B) Victorio Huerta | |
| C) Ernesto Chavez | |
| D) Julio Iglesias | |
| E) Joao Goulart | |
| 28) What caused the downfall of the first Peronist government in 1955 | |
| A) the death of Peron | |
| B) Peron's divorce of Evita | |
| C) the coalition of labor, business, and the military fell apart | |
| D) a peasant revolution | |
| E) war with Britain over possession of the Falkland Islands | |
| 29) What corporation in Guatemala became the centerpiece of the dispute between the United States and reform governments in the Central American country | |
| A) U.S. Steel | |
| B) Ford Motor Company | |
| C) Continental Can Company | |
| D) United Fruit Company | |
| E) Coca Cola | |
| 30) Which of the following statements concerning the revolution in Guatemala in 1954 is most accurate | |
| A) The communist Arbenz government that ruled Guatemala was overthrown by liberal reformers under Arevalo. | |
| B) Communist revolutionaries overthrew the conservative military government despite active U.S. support. | |
| C) The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency aided conservative dissidents in overthrowing the nationalistic Arbenz government. | |
| D) The U.s.-supported regime that replaced the Arbenz government introduced significant land reform and limited foreign ownership of Guatemalan industry . | |
| E) the Arbenz government welcomed the assistance of the United States. | |
| 31) Who was the leader of the Cuban revolution that overthrew Fulgencio Batista | |
| A) Hortensio Herrera | |
| B) Cristobal Colon | |
| C) Juan Peron | |
| D) Fidel Castro | |
| E) Ernesto Guevara | |
| 32) The Cuban revolution was referred to by the revolutionaries as | |
| A) "Tierra y Libertad." | |
| B) the "26th of July Movement." | |
| C) the "Decembrist revolt." | |
| D) "Vota Asi." | |
| E) "Tierra y Paz" | |
| 33) What Argentine revolutionary assisted in the overthrow of the Cuban government in 1956 | |
| A) Carlos Obregon | |
| B) Ernesto Che Guevara | |
| C) Fulgencio Batista | |
| D) Enrique Ramirez | |
| E) Eduardo Frei | |
| 34) Which of the following statements most accurately describes the outcome of the Cuban revolution | |
| A) Despite the successful overthrow of Batista, the revolutionary government failed to enact significant reforms in the plantation economy. | |
| B) The revolutionary government eventually announced its adoption of Marxist-Leninist leanings, broke off relations with the U.S., and introduced sweeping socialist reforms. | |
| C) The largely liberal government that resulted from the revolution returned to the constitution of 1940 and closer relationships with the u.s. | |
| D) After a brief sojourn in the U.S., Batista was able to return to power with the support of the U.S. military. | |
| E) The Cuban Revolution produced a short-lived Marxist state. | |
| 35) The revolutionary government of Cuba traded economic dependency on the U.S. for | |
| A) economic autonomy with a successful program of industrialization. | |
| B) increasing political and economic ties with Japan. | |
| C) increasing economic dependency on the Soviet Union. | |
| D) a significant share of the world's petroleum market. | |
| E) a new prosperity tied to tourism. | |
| 36) The emergence within the Roman Catholic hierarchy of a combination of theology and socialist principles in an effort to bring about improved conditions for the poor was called | |
| A) "liberation theology." | |
| B) "socialism in one country." | |
| C) "Tierra y Liberated.'. | |
| D) the "communist primer." | |
| E) the "counter-reformation. " | |
| 37) Which of the following countries was NOT affected by a military coup during the 1960s and 1970s | |
| A) Chile | |
| B) Brazil | |
| C) Argentina | |
| D) Mexico | |
| E) Belize | |
| 38) Which of the following statements concerning military governments in Latin America after 1960 is most accurate | |
| A) Military governments tended to favor labor and the working classes at the expense of the traditional oligarchy. | |
| B) Political repression and torture were often used to silence critics. | |
| C) None of the military governments were successful in introducing social or economic reforms. | |
| D) Military governments were uniformly surrogates for conservatives in Latin American society. | |
| E) Military governments reestablished order and then held democratic elections. | |
| 39) Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the progress of democratization in Latin America during the 1980s | |
| A) Despite return to democratic government in many Latin American countries, problems with populist movements, threats from military leaders, inflation, and the drug trade weakened the new regimes. | |
| B) Once democratic governments were restored in much of Latin America, the influence of the u.s. in the region began to wane. | |
| C) The return of democracy to Latin America was so universal that military governments ceased to exist. | |
| D) Democratic governments in the 19805 ceased to be troubled by the existence of leftist, guerrilla movements. | |
| E) Democratic governments resulted in better living conditions in all Latin American countries. | |
| 40) How many direct US military interventions were there in the Caribbean and Central America before 1933 | |
| A) 2 | |
| B) 7 | |
| C) 16 | |
| D) over 30 | |
| E) none | |
| 41) What Nicaraguan politician led an opposition to U.S. occupation until his assassination in 1934 | |
| A) Augusto Sandino | |
| B) Violeta Chamorro | |
| C) Daniel Ortega | |
| D) Luiz Inacio Silva | |
| E) Oscar Romero | |
| 42) Conservative governments and dictatorships established in the aftermath of U.S. military intervention in Latin America were referred to as | |
| A) "Uncle Sam's Amigos." | |
| B) "C.I.A. heaven." | |
| C) "Banana Republics." | |
| D) "Burrito Bandits." | |
| E) "Good Neighbors. " | |
| 43) What U.S. president introduced the "Good Neighbor Policy" that promised to deal more fairly with Latin American countries and to halt direct military intervention | |
| A) Theodore Roosevelt | |
| B) Calvin Coolidge | |
| C) Franklin Roosevelt | |
| D) Harry Truman | |
| E) Warren Harding | |
| 44) What led to the U.S. return to more aggressive policies including direct military intervention following World War ill | |
| A) the desire to contain communism and the Cold War | |
| B) the discovery of uranium in Mexico | |
| C) the increasing intervention of Japan into Latin American economies | |
| D) the alliance of many Latin American countries with fascist governments during the war | |
| E) the need to prevent human rights violations | |
| 45) Which of the following statements concerning women in Latin American politics and society is most accurate | |
| A) Nowhere in Latin America did women achieve the right to vote before 1955. | |
| B) Women tended to join the national political parties, where traditional prejudices against women in public life limited their ability to influence programs. | |
| C) Women continued to be excluded from the Latin American industrialized labor force, although they played a major role in agricultural production. | |
| D) By the mid-1980s, Latin American women continued to hold social and political status more similar to other areas of the Third World than western Europe and North America. | |
| E) Women were unwilling to challenge traditions that kept them out of the political arena. | |
| 46) Which of the following statements concerning Latin American population is most accurate | |
| A) Between 1950 and 1985, Latin American population remained stagnant due to poor health conditions and constant internal warfare. | |
| B) Despite improvements, Latin America's population continued to increase more slowly than that of North America. | |
| C) Almost all population increase in Latin America can be attributed to immigration of European laborers. | |
| D) Since 1950, Latin American population has more than doubled, while North American population has grown more slowly. | |
| E) the diffusion of the Latin American people into the United States has virtually ceased. | |
| 47) Which of the following types of population movement was NOT typical of Latin Am in the late twentieth century | |
| A) movement of labor across international boundaries in Latin America | |
| B) movement of labor from Latin America to the u.s. | |
| C) flight of political refugees | |
| D) movement of population away from the cities to the countryside | |
| E) movement of populations into large urban areas | |
| 48) The percentage of Latin American people living in cities is | |
| A) greater than Western Europe. | |
| B) less than Asia. | |
| C) less than Africa. | |
| D) less than Europe, but greater than Africa and Asia. | |
| E) about the same as in the United States | |
| 49) With respect to religion, the vast majority of Latin Americans | |
| A) are still nominally Roman Catholics. | |
| B) practice religions brought with slave populations from Africa. | |
| C) follow indigenous Indian religions that predate the arrival of the Spaniards. | |
| D) have converted to some form of Protestantism. | |
| E) view the Catholic Church as a symbol of oppression. | |
| 50) Which of the following is NOT a Latin American literary figure of the late twentieth century | |
| A) Pablo Neruda | |
| B) Gabriel Garcia Marquez | |
| C) Jose Oemente Orozco | |
| D) Jorge Luis Borges | |
| E) Eduardo Galeano. |