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