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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A the diversification (rather than specialization) of Latin America’s natural resources to meet Chinese demand
B the increase in imports of manufactured goods from China in the 1980s
C the positive impact that increasing trade with China has on Latin America’s industrial sectors
D Chinese demand for and investment in Latin America’s mineral and agricultural resources, beginning in the 1990s
Question #2
A It has a remarkably good environmental protection record
B sprung from worker demands for a collective labor agreement
C It is not currently open to investment by foreign oil and gas companies
D It is Paraguay’s state-owned oil company
Question #3
A PDVSA—Venezuela
B Cerro Rico–Bolivia
C Bajio—Argentina
D Pampas—Argentina
Question #4
A much of the oil is sent unrefined to the US
B PEMEX has a monopoly on the industry that it has yet to relinquish
C most of the oil is consumed in Mexico
D Mexico did not begin exporting oil until their economic crisis of the 1980s
Question #5
A most of the soy produced benefits local food supply
B most of the production is in coastal regions
C the US receives the majority of the crop
D soy production benefits mostly large farming operations
Question #6
A reference the large silver and gold deposits exploited by the Spaniards, the Portuguese and other Europeans
B refer to oil deposits in the Amazon
C Refers solely to US involvement in the region with regard to natural resources
D Refer to the environmental movement that helped secure safe working conditions for miners
Question #7
A Brazil’s oil company, Petrobras, is a privately owned company that has a long history of scandal and corruption
B oil and gas supplies are exclusively found in off shore locations such as the Gulf of Mexico
C Under Hugo Chavez Venezuela sent oil to Cuba in exchange for doctors to serve their lower income populations
D the largest oil producers in the region are Mexico, Ecuador and Venezuela
Question #8
A Mexico has produced nearly all of the US’s bananas for the last 140 or so years
B US authorities and banana corporations held colonial-like power over governments
C The labor force used on banana plantations is highly mobile, i.e. frequently move from one location to another
D the Caribbean has been unable to participate in international banana trade
Question #9
A is similar to resource nationalism
B relies on government involvement to determine what is produced or grown
C did not exist in Latin America until very recently
D has occurred in every country in Latin America except Cuba
Question #10
A help us understand connections between places of production and consumption
B pertain solely to industrial rather than agricultural products
C typically refer solely to specialized labor in a distinct place
D are useful to understand how products are produced, not consumed