Quiz 13 - Geog 322
Which of the following cities is not situated on the US-Mexico border?
- Monterrey
- Ciudad Juarez
- Tijuana
- Nuevo Laredo
- Nogales
The ____________ added a portion of southern Arizona and New Mexico to the US resulting in the border line we now see on contemporary maps.
- Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
- Gadsden Treaty
- US-Mexico War
- US-Mexico War
- Battle of the Alamo
The expansion of the maquiladora program under NAFTA is contradictory to the ideas/philosophies behind neoliberalism.
- True
- False
Which of the following statements about Indians in the borderlands is most accurate?
- The Apaches and Navajos were the most settled among the various groups
- People in both the US and Mexico felt that the native people did not adequately exploit the land
- The Zunis were the only ones to build pueblo-style villages
- US President James Polk worked closely with the Mexican government to remove the natives from these lands
Which of the following statements about the export processing zone along Mexico’s northern border is LEAST accurate?
- It has its origins with the Border Industrialization Program in 1965
- The area discouraged in-migration from other parts of Mexico to preserve jobs for locals
- It is ideologically consistent with the neoliberal model
- it encouraged the expansion of global factories
Migration and urbanization of the border area resulted in:
- 1 in 7 Mexicans of working age working in the US
- more men than women working as entry-level laborers in the maquiladoras
- A greater number of women than men crossing the border into the US
- border cities growing at a slower rate than other Mexican cities
Comparing old factory regimes and new factory regimes, which of the following is most accurate?
- The old regime targeted the domestic market
- The old regime was more export-oriented
- the old regime was characterized by low wages
- the new regime supported labor unions
- the new regime provides worker housing assistance
Informal activities:
- are difficult to identify
- include both legal and illegal activities
- are done primarily by males rather than females
- are never conducted within a household but always in public spaces
Maquiladora workers:
- are highly vulnerable to the whims of their employers
- have good access to social goods such as clean water and education
- tend to view their jobs as lifelong arrangements
- tend to form (and live) in nuclear households
Which of the following statements about the human-smuggling networks is LEAST accurate?
- Violence in this area is almost always on the southern side of the border
- The “Devil’s Highway” is a smugglers response to increased border security
- discursive violence against immigrants has become increasingly prevalent
- small towns near the border have become key staging sites for cross-border migrations
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