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