Government and Economics of Latin America Flashcard

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This includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers.

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Tertiary Sector

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Who elects the national leader in a parliamentary democracy?

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Representatives

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The part of the economy that makes direct use of natural resources.

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Primary Sector

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What happened to people who spoke out about a dictator in Latin America in the early twentieth century?

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They were sent to prison.

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Why did European countries become rich from their Latin American colonies?

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They took raw materials and made manufactured goods to sell back to the colonies.

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What is the production of a cash crop, including livestock, on a large scale called?

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Commercial Farming

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What is the part of the economy that manufactures, or creates, finished goods called?

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Secondary Sector

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What is a form of government in which a single person or a small group of people have absolute power called?

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Dictatorship

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What did United Fruit do in the 1870’s in Costa Rica to help the county?

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Build Rail Road

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Economic system where the government controls all of the economic activities.

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Command Economy