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Mexican Government Structure Review
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1
The PRI party was formed in order to bring this group of people under one political umbrella
camarillas
peasants
caudillos
mestizos
2
Political party that ruled Mexico for 71 years from 1929 - 2000.
PRI
PAN
PRD
PDP
3
What is the term length and limit for the Mexican President?
1- 6 year terms
No term limit
2-5 year terms
2- 4 yr terms
4
Major change being made to judicial system
Installing cages like in Russia
Allowing oral testimony
Allowing only written testimony
Moving towards inquisitorial system
5
What is the term length and limit for the Chamber of Deputies?
2-4 year terms
4 - 3 year terms
3 years - no consecutive re-election
tenure for life
6
Import Substitution involves all of the following EXCEPT
lowering imports/raising tarriffs
offering subsidies to companies
nationalizing resources
making free trade agreements
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How are members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate elected?
SMDP only
PR only
Mix of FPTP and PR
Alternative Vote
8
If the Mexican president dies or is impeached who becomes president?
Vice President
If in 1st 2 years - Interim Pres + New Elections
Head of the Judiciary
If in last 4 yrs - Congress designates Prov President
9
What is the name of the one year- six year term limit of the President of Mexico?
sexenio
caudillo
quatero
dedazo
10
Which one of the following is the current political party of AMLO?
MORENA
Verde
PRI
PRD
11
Change to elections for Congress in Mexico
Stricter term limits for both houses
Allowing for re-election in both houses
Raising term length of Chamber of Deputies
Allowing Senators to serve life tenure
12
Mexico used this to break its economic dependency of other countries
Declaring War
Shock Therapy
Import Substitution Industrialization
Market Socialism
13
How many states does Mexico have?
50
89
28 + 1 Federal Territory
31 + 1 Federal Territory
14
The IMF and World Bank offer loans in the form of ______________ to LDC's needing debt relief
Block Grants
Treaties
Structural Adjustment Programs
UN Resolutions
15
Which one of the following is NOT a political party in Mexico?
MORENA
PRI
PDP
PAN
16
Impunity means
Rule by a band of imps
Rule of law is upheld
No punishment for crimes committed
Serve Punishment applies for crimes
17
Corporatism differs from pluralism in that
It offers gifts to people who are loyal to the government
Corporatism protects interests of corporations over people
It limits the amount of interest groups
It creates a more vibrant civil society
18
How many members of the Mexican Senate?
32
100
176
128
19
For many years this party serves as greatest opposition to the PRI party (Felipe Calderon and Vincente Fox)
Labour
PAN
PRD
PDP
20
The patron-client system in China uses
guanxi
the household responsibility system
prebendalism
nomenklatura
21
The Chiapas Rebellion in 1994 began in protest mainly over
Drug Cartel Power
Low Pay in Maquiladoras
Loss of Land Ownership
NAFTA
22
Economic development that states LDCs don't develop because of exploitation by MDCs?
Communism
Westernization
Dependency
Mercantalism
23
Because of the power vacuum and weakening of the Mexican State, Pena Nieto created the
Pact for Mexico
Ejido System
Dedazo
War on Drugs
24
In the 2006 election why did Felipe Calderon have low legitimacy?
He personally killed one of his opponents
He won through fraud, just like the PRI
The PAN party blocked members of PRI from voting
He won with only 1/2 a percent of the vote
25
Where are most of the supporters of the PRI party from?
People who want closer ties to the church
Wealthy Business People
Northern Areas
Rural Areas
26
What is the name of the lower house of Congress?
Senate
House of Representatives
House of Commons
Chamber of Deputies
27
The Ejido system
allowed people to pass down right to work to children
gave the best land to the peasant farmers
allowed haciendas to own slaves
now allows right to land ownership
28
How many members are there in the Chamber of Deputies?
500
435
650
450
29
What is the largest amount of seats that any one political party can have in the Chamber of Deputies?
500
128
300
200
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What is the current term limit for Senators in Mexico?
two -six year terms
one six year term
life tenure
three - four year terms
