Quiz 8 - Geog 322
The most historically important drug in Latin America has been:
- tobacco
- sugar
- cacao
- coca
- coffee
Which of the following is NOT one of Latin America’s second tier drugs?
- coffee
- tobacco
- cannabis
- cacao
- coca
Third tier drugs:
- were all introduced in pre-colonial times
- includes both alcohol and cannabis
- include only illicit drugs
- are mostly for international consumers
The coca trade in South America:
- has historically been grown in the Eastern Andes
- is based on production that is done only at the highest elevations in the Andes
- has primarily economic, rather than cultural significance
- was only important to the Europeans, not indigenous people of the region
The Triangular Trade:
- created circuits of trade that pointed the way for drug commodity flows in postcolonial times
- focused largely on South America’s Pacific coast
- only involved illicit drugs
- did not include Caribbean-produced substances
Cannabis in Latin America:
- was likely brought over by African slaves
- became an emblem of sophistication among colonial elites
- was not popular among slave societies
- was popular in the pre-Colonial period
The business or commerce of cocaine:
- was not available in powder form until the second boom
- during the second boom had production centered around Medellin, Colombia
- has stayed mostly within Colombia’s borders
- in modern times, is best understood as a ‘horizontal’ rather than ‘vertical’ enterprise
Which of the following Mexico drug cartels is NOT located along the U.S. border?
- Tijuana/Arellano Felix
- Sinaloa
- Juarez
- La Familia/Michoacana
Mexican drug cartels:
- have not expanded into Central American countries
- have remained distant from transnational gangs
- are powerful enough to threaten the stability of the Mexican state
- are dominated by one or two cartels, while virtually no new cartels have emerged
Which of the following was NOT part of the “Secondary” circulations of the Atlantic Triangular Trade?
- tobacco
- cacao
- coffee
- coca
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