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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Supported Resolution 970 because it prevented the free exchange of seeds among farmers
B Is supportive of policies requiring farmers to certify their seeds
C Views farmers’ rights as part of a larger struggle against imperialism and neocolonialismYouth advocate groups such as United We Dream have been among the most vocal
D Is very supportive of Resolution 3168 as a replacement for Resolution 970
Question #2
A Soy and Corn
B Cotton and Maize
C No answer text provided.
D Soy and Cotton
E Maize and Corn
Question #3
A Focuses solely on indigenous rights related to corn production
B The connections with other organizations are centered on the importance of place and the symbolic role of maize
C Has connections throughout Mexico but has not yet spread to other countries
D established English as the city’s only official language
E Is focused on protecting yellow corn which is used primarily as animal feed
Question #4
A Is no longer important for rural livelihoods
B Was largely a reaction to the Mexican peso devaluation of the 1980s
C Has significant cultural meaning
D Is grown mostly for export to the US
E Is not currently challenged by GM varieties
Question #5
A Has been supported by medium- and large-sized agricultural companies
B Has been spearheaded by supporters of neoliberalism
C Has raised attention to the impact of GMOS on human health and the environment*
D Has been the most successful in Latin America
Question #6
A Argentina was slow to adopt because it is an expensive crop to plant
B It allowed Argentina to become more self-sufficient in food
C It led to an expansion of small- and medium-sized farms
D “Operation Wetback” during the 1950s deported more than four million Mexicans
E It improved the profit-margins for small-scale farmers throughout the country
Question #7
A The adaptation of technology from the Global North
B The production of non-traditional agricultural exports
C Corporate farming
D the livelihoods of small-scale farmers
Question #8
A Non-Traditional Agricultural Exports
B A, B and C are all part of the contemporary food regime
C The rise of genetic engineering
D The consolidation of agribusiness
Question #9
A It has little to do with small-scale farmers
B It was not relevant in the post-World War II period
C It has linkages to colonialism
D It first emerged as a concept during the Neoliberal period in the 1980s
E No answer text provided.
Question #10
A Modifies gene function in a more targeted manner
B Is highly regulated by the US Department of Agriculture
C Is very similar to conventional plant breeding
D Inserts foreign genes into plants
E No answer text provided.