Chapter 36 Latin America 1. Industrialization in Latin America between 1950 and 1995 was financed by ____________

A) heavy taxes on campesinos.

B) increasing tariffs on imports from Japan.

C) borrowing from foreign banks and corporations.

D) the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

2. The United States frequently got involved in Latin American politics ____________

A) because of American business interests.

B) because of the cold war.

C) to undermine left-wing governments.

D) all of the above

3. Mexico was one of the most stable countries in Latin America mainly because ____________

A) it did not have millions of poor peasants.

B) it was dominated for years by one political party.

C) of its strong army.

D) of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

4. In the 1980s Mexico faced a financial crisis because of ____________

A) a global recession.

B) a drop in world oil prices.

C) the devaluation of the peso.

D) all of the above

5. Fidel Castro was angered by the way the Cuban missile crisis ended because ____________

A) he had never even wanted missiles on Cuban land.

B) it meant that Russian tourists couldn't come to Cuba.

C) it did not include an end to the embargo on Cuba.

D) he felt that Khrushchev had given in to American pressure.

6. The government of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua ____________

A) was considered by many to be a socialist dictatorship.

B) fled to the United States.

C) was run by contras.

D) benefited from the rule of the Samoza family.

7. The death squads of El Salvador were organized by ____________

A) Communist guerrillas called contras.

B) wealthy landowners who feared a revolution.

C) the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States.

D) leftist guerrilla groups known as the FMLN.

8. The weekly demonstrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1970s were ____________

A) held by mothers protesting the disappearance of their children.

B) to protest American influence on the Argentinean economy.

C) to protest against Juan Per?n's administration.

D) against Great Britain's presence on the Falkland Islands.

9. Which country was under the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet?

A) Cuba

B) Colombia

C) Chile

D) Brazil

10. A 15-year civil war with a Marxist guerrilla group known as the Shining Path ended under the administration of ____________

A) Brazilian leader Henrique Cardoso.

B) Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori.

C) Argentinean leader Juan Per?n.

D) Chilean leader Salvador Allende.