Question 1

Which of the following was not a goal of the $7.3 billion aid program called Plan Colombia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reconquest of 40 percent of the national territories controlled by the FARC. 
B)  A dramatic decline in the number of both habitual and occasional drug consumers. 
C)  Neoliberal cuts in social spending and privatization of State-owned companies. 
D)  Eradication of coca cultivation and a modest crop substitution program. 
A)  Reconquest of 40 percent of the national territories controlled by the FARC. 
B)  A dramatic decline in the number of both habitual and occasional drug consumers. 
C)  Neoliberal cuts in social spending and privatization of State-owned companies. 
D)  Eradication of coca cultivation and a modest crop substitution program.

Question 2

One significant result of early 20th century economic growth in Colombia was the

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatic decline of the nation's export dependency. 
B)  expansion of wage labor, accompanied by a wave of strikes and land invasions. 
C)  decline of the latifundio and the increase of small farms. 
D)  rapid growth of domestic industrialization. 
A)  dramatic decline of the nation's export dependency. 
B)  expansion of wage labor, accompanied by a wave of strikes and land invasions. 
C)  decline of the latifundio and the increase of small farms. 
D)  rapid growth of domestic industrialization.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATION
-Clientelismo

Accepted Answer

Clientelismo, or clientelism, is a socia

Question 4

Which of these was not a goal of the 1998 Bolivarian Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Redistribution of land to landless peasants and an increase in domestic food production. 
B)  Greater, more equitable access to health care and education for poor children. 
C)  Closer relations with the United States in its global effort to promote popular democracy. 
D)  Constitutional reforms to abolish the Pact of Punto Fijo and its corrupt, elitist "duopoly." 
A)  Redistribution of land to landless peasants and an increase in domestic food production. 
B)  Greater, more equitable access to health care and education for poor children. 
C)  Closer relations with the United States in its global effort to promote popular democracy. 
D)  Constitutional reforms to abolish the Pact of Punto Fijo and its corrupt, elitist "duopoly."

Question 5

IDENTIFICATION
-café con leche

Accepted Answer

Café con leche is a Spanish coffee bever

Question 6

IDENTIFICATION
-Venezuelan Development Corporation

Accepted Answer

The Venezuelan Development Corporation,

Question 7

What role did women play in Venezuela's national development and how did class and race relations affect the struggle for women's rights?

Accepted Answer

Women in Venezuela have played a signifi

Question 8

One result of Venezuela's populist campaign for import-substitution industrialization was a

Accepted Answer

A)  self-sufficiency in the production of consumer and durable goods. 
B)  favorable balance of foreign trade. 
C)  dependent industrialization dominated by foreign-based multinationals. 
D)  strong revival of artisan industry. 
A)  self-sufficiency in the production of consumer and durable goods. 
B)  favorable balance of foreign trade. 
C)  dependent industrialization dominated by foreign-based multinationals. 
D)  strong revival of artisan industry.

Question 9

What was the social constituency of the Revolution on the March and how did its policies affect Colombian national development?

Accepted Answer

The social constituency of the Revolutio

Question 10

IDENTIFICATION
-Carlos Andrés Pérez

Accepted Answer

Carlos Andrés Pérez was a Venezuelan pol

Question 11

IDENTIFICATION
-Bolivarian Democracy

Accepted Answer

Bolivarian Democracy refers to a politic

Question 12

The populist agrarian reforms of Venezuela's Caldera and Betancourt regimes resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  self-sufficiency in providing for basic foods. 
B)  widespread ownership of land by prosperous small farmers. 
C)  continuing high concentration of landownership. 
D)  a highly productive system of cooperative farms. 
A)  self-sufficiency in providing for basic foods. 
B)  widespread ownership of land by prosperous small farmers. 
C)  continuing high concentration of landownership. 
D)  a highly productive system of cooperative farms.

Question 13

What was "Plan Colombia" and how did it affect Colombian national development?

Accepted Answer

Plan Colombia was a United States foreig

Question 14

Which of these was not characteristic of Colombia's Oligarchical Republic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Property and literacy requirements were eliminated, greatly expanding suffrage. 
B)  The executive branch of government was weakened and Congressional powers expanded. 
C)  Minority representation was guaranteed in the legislative bodies. 
D)  The Catholic Church preserved its privileged position. 
A)  Property and literacy requirements were eliminated, greatly expanding suffrage. 
B)  The executive branch of government was weakened and Congressional powers expanded. 
C)  Minority representation was guaranteed in the legislative bodies. 
D)  The Catholic Church preserved its privileged position.

Question 15

The successful candidate in Venezuela's 1998 presidential campaign promised to

Accepted Answer

A)  create a social security system similar to Chile's. 
B)  give foreign investors greater freedom to explore and exploit Venezuelan oil reserves. 
C)  build a socialist Venezuela modeled on Cuba's revolutionary tradition. 
D)  protect domestic industry, stop debt payments, and end privatization. 
A)  create a social security system similar to Chile's. 
B)  give foreign investors greater freedom to explore and exploit Venezuelan oil reserves. 
C)  build a socialist Venezuela modeled on Cuba's revolutionary tradition. 
D)  protect domestic industry, stop debt payments, and end privatization.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATION
-Rómulo Gallegos

Accepted Answer

Rómulo Gallegos was a prominent Venezuel

Question 17

One of the more unexpected consequences of the "dirty war" was that

Accepted Answer

A)  40 percent of families were led by women forced to work outside the home for low wages. 
B)  the Colombian military became dependent upon the United States for arms and equipment. 
C)  drug trafficking increased along with a dramatic growth of illicit arms smuggling. 
D)  death squads proliferated, killing trade unionists, peasant leaders, and human rights activists. 
A)  40 percent of families were led by women forced to work outside the home for low wages. 
B)  the Colombian military became dependent upon the United States for arms and equipment. 
C)  drug trafficking increased along with a dramatic growth of illicit arms smuggling. 
D)  death squads proliferated, killing trade unionists, peasant leaders, and human rights activists.

Question 18

IDENTIFICATION
-Women's Cultural Association

Accepted Answer

The Women's Cultural Association is like

Question 19

Rómulo Betancourt's thought appears to have been strongly influenced by

Accepted Answer

A)  José Carlos Mariátegui. 
B)  Romulo Gallegos. 
C)  Raúl Haya de la Torre. 
D)  González Prada. 
A)  José Carlos Mariátegui. 
B)  Romulo Gallegos. 
C)  Raúl Haya de la Torre. 
D)  González Prada.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATION
-Hugo Chávez Frías

Accepted Answer

Hugo Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan milit

Which of the following was not a goal of the $7.3 billion aid program called Plan Colombia?

One significant result of early 20^th century economic growth in Colombia was the

IDENTIFICATION -Clientelismo

Which of these was not a goal of the 1998 Bolivarian Revolution?

IDENTIFICATION -café con leche

IDENTIFICATION -Venezuelan Development Corporation

What role did women play in Venezuela's national development and how did class and race relations affect the struggle for women's rights?

One result of Venezuela's populist campaign for import-substitution industrialization was a

What was the social constituency of the Revolution on the March and how did its policies affect Colombian national development?

IDENTIFICATION -Carlos Andrés Pérez

IDENTIFICATION -Bolivarian Democracy

The populist agrarian reforms of Venezuela's Caldera and Betancourt regimes resulted in

What was "Plan Colombia" and how did it affect Colombian national development?

Which of these was not characteristic of Colombia's Oligarchical Republic?

The successful candidate in Venezuela's 1998 presidential campaign promised to

IDENTIFICATION -Rómulo Gallegos

One of the more unexpected consequences of the "dirty war" was that

IDENTIFICATION -Women's Cultural Association

Rómulo Betancourt's thought appears to have been strongly influenced by

IDENTIFICATION -Hugo Chávez Frías

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Exam 11: Lands of Bolívar: Military Crisis, State Repression, and Popular Democracy

Which of the following was not a goal of the $7.3 billion aid program called Plan Colombia?

One significant result of early 20th century economic growth in Colombia was the

IDENTIFICATION -Clientelismo

Which of these was not a goal of the 1998 Bolivarian Revolution?

IDENTIFICATION -café con leche

IDENTIFICATION -Venezuelan Development Corporation

What role did women play in Venezuela's national development and how did class and race relations affect the struggle for women's rights?

One result of Venezuela's populist campaign for import-substitution industrialization was a

What was the social constituency of the Revolution on the March and how did its policies affect Colombian national development?

IDENTIFICATION -Carlos Andrés Pérez

IDENTIFICATION -Bolivarian Democracy

The populist agrarian reforms of Venezuela's Caldera and Betancourt regimes resulted in

What was "Plan Colombia" and how did it affect Colombian national development?

Which of these was not characteristic of Colombia's Oligarchical Republic?

The successful candidate in Venezuela's 1998 presidential campaign promised to

IDENTIFICATION -Rómulo Gallegos

One of the more unexpected consequences of the "dirty war" was that

IDENTIFICATION -Women's Cultural Association

Rómulo Betancourt's thought appears to have been strongly influenced by

IDENTIFICATION -Hugo Chávez Frías

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

Forging a New Nation: the Mexican Revolution and the Populist Challenge

Brazil: Populism and the Struggle for Democracy in a Multiracial Society

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Storm Over the Andes: Indigenous Rights and the Corporatist Military Alternative

Chile: The Democratic Socialist Alternative

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One significant result of early 20^th century economic growth in Colombia was the