Latin American Governments Types of Governments Economics Latin American Economics History

Question: True or False. Most Latin American countries have been under a dictatorship at some point since their independence. Check Your Answer LA Governments for 1

Answer: True Back to the Game Board LA Governments for 1

Question: Mexico has a government most similar to which other country in the Western Hemisphere? LA Governments for 2 Check Your Answer

Answer: The United States Back to the Game Board LA Governments for 2

Question: What happened to people who tried to speak out against dictators like Peron and Pinochet? LA Governments for 3 Check Your Answer

Answer: they were jailed, tortured, or killed Back to the Game Board LA Governments for 3

Question: Name three rights people have under a democracy that they do not have under a dictator LA Governments for 4 Check Your Answer

Answer: Under a democracy people can vote for a leader, have freedom of speech, and have freedom of the press and education (meaning they can read news and learn things in school that are fair and balanced, not biased) Back to the Game Board LA Governments for 4

Question: Why did democracies fail after the Latin American countries received their independence? (In other words, what are some challenges to democracy?) LA Governments for 5 Check Your Answer

Answer: poor economies, lack of understanding of how a government should be run. Other challenges include: weak economies, weak administrative capacity, poor delivery of services, expectation of voters not matching leaders performance, and disloyal oppositions Back to the Game Board LA Governments for 5

Question: True or false- a dictatorship is always a unitary government. Types of Govt for 1 Check Your Answer

Answer: True Back to the Game Board Types of Govt for 1

Question: Unitary, confederation and federal government types all describe how governments do what? Types of Govt for 2 Check Your Answer

Answer: distribute power Back to the Game Board Types of Govt for 2

Types of Govt for 3 Check Your Answer Question: Why do the individual voters have more power in a democracy than they do in an autocracy or an oligarchy?

Answer: The voters get to choose the people who make the laws and run for office. In an oligarchy only a group of people make all the decisions. Back to the Game Board Types of Govt for 3

Question: What type of government does Brazil have? Explain it. Types of Govt for 4 Check Your Answer

Back to the Game Board Types of Govt for 4 Answer: a federal republic. This means that the central government shares power with local governments.

Question: How are parliamentary and presidential democracies different? Types of Govt for 5 Check Your Answer

Answer: in a presidential democracy, the legislature is separate from the executive branch. Also, the people elect both the president and the legislators. In a parliamentary democracy, the people elect the legislators (members of Parliament). The party with the largest representation in Parliament elects the Prime Minister. The legislature and the executive branch and combined. Back to the Game Board Type of Govt for 5

Economics for 1 Check Your Answer Question: What is meant by currency exchange rate?

Answer: the price of a nation’s currency in terms of another nation’s currency. (How much a currency is worth compared to another.) Back to the Game Board Economics for 1

Question: What two factors affect human capital the most? Economics for 2 Check Your Answer

Answer: education and healthcare Back to the Game Board Economics for 2

Question: How does specialization increase trade between countries? Economics for 3 Check Your Answer

Answer: When a country specializes in several resources or industries, they can efficiently produce those products and trade easily for what they want/need. Back to the Game Board Economics for 3

Question: What is the difference between a command economy, free market economy, and traditional economy? Economics for 4 Check Your Answer

Answer: a traditional economy relies on traditions, history, and the family. It usually involves bartering. A command economy is controlled by government regulations and the government answers all the basic economic questions while in a market economy the consumers (people) drive the production of goods and there are no government regulations. This encourages competition and the goal is profit. Back to the Game Board Economics for 4

Question: Juan lives in Chile and is a fisherman. Describe the human capital, natural resources, and capital goods he will need to run his business successfully. Economics for 5 Check Your Answer

Answer: natural resources- bait for catching fish, petroleum for running his boat Capital goods- boat, nets, hooks, fishing poles Human capital- learning how to sail a boat, reading ocean navigation charts, etc. Back to the Game Board Economics for 5

Question: Name two challenges of the working poor. LA Economics for 1 Check Your Answer

Answer: long hours, low pay, not able to join unions, no rights, abuse by supervisors, exposure to hazardous chemicals Back to the Game Board LA Economics for 1

Question: What is the main reason NAFTA is beneficial to Mexico, the US and Canada? LA Economics for 2 Check Your Answer

Answer: it sets up a free trade zone, meaning there are no tariffs between the countries Back to the Game Board LA Economics for 2

Question: Double Jeopardy!!! Where are Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico located along the economic continuum? LA Economics for 3 Check Your Answer

Answer: Back to the Game Board LA Economics for 3 CubaBrazil Mexico CommandMarket

Question: What are the dangers of overspecializing in one product. Name a Latin American country that does not have a diversified economy and what product(s) it overspecializes in. LA Economics for 4 Check Your Answer

Answer: If you overspecialize your profits can go down in there is an economic depression or bust. Venezuela overspecializes in oil. Paraguay and Uruguay overspecialize in sheep. Caribbean countries overspecialize in farming. Back to the Game Board LA Economics for 4

Question: Name three ways we can take the profit out of the drug industry (reduce the demand?) LA Economics for 5 Check Your Answer

Answer: education programs to reduce drug use, treatment programs to cure addicts, counseling for people with depression or pain, positive environments for children, drug legalization Back to the Game Board LA Economics for 5

Question: What country helped Cuba after it became communist? History for 1 Check Your Answer

Answer: the Soviet Union Back to the Game Board History for 1

Question: Who took over as dictator of Cuba in 1959? History for 2 Check Your Answer

Answer: Fidel Castro Back to the Game Board History for 2

Question: How did the Zapatistas make the demands known and on what date did they do it? History for 3 Check Your Answer

Answer: they took over several small towns in Mexico on January 1, 1994 (the day NAFTA went into effect) Back to the Game Board History for 3

Question: How did the U.S. react to Cuba becoming communist? History for 4 Check Your Answer

Answer : they set up a trade embargo. (They also tried to overthrow Fidel Castro during the Bay of Pigs invasion) Back to the Game Board History for 4

Question: Why were the Zapatistas rebelling and which group of people did they support? History for 5 Check Your Answer

Answer: they support Mexico’s indigenous population and were fighting for the rights of those people, especially as NAFTA came into effect and they thought it would harm those people’s ability to make a living. Back to the Game Board History for 5