AP Compare: Mexico

Most Mexicans today identify ethnically as:

• Nahuatl

• Protestant

• Amerindian

• Mestizos

Mexico’s current legislative-executive system is:

• social democratic

• presidential

• semi-presidential

• parliamentary

Mexican elections for the lower house of the legislature use which electoral system?

• proportional representation

• mixed proportional representation and single-member district

• single-member district with plurality

• single transferable vote

A major tool used by the PRI to maintain its decades-long hold on power was:

• patron-client relationships

• imprisoning the political opposition

• murdering its political opponents

• banning opposition parties

Which of the following has resulted from the passage of NAFTA in Mexico?

• the closing of maquiladoras

• a weakened agricultural sector

• a less diversified economy

• less dependence on the U.S. economy

Which of the following groups would most likely support Mexico’s Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD)?

• Business owners in the northern border states

• Large landowners in the rural Yucatan region

• Urban workers living in Mexico City

• Individuals who support greater privatization of state-owned enterprises

Catholicism and corridos in Mexico after the are both examples of:

• clientelism

• political socialization

• co-optation

• political efficacy

Today the main ethnic cleavage in Mexico is between

• Europeans and Amerindians

• Europeans and mestizos

• mestizos and Amerindians

• mestizos and immigrants

Which of the following is true about the system of checks and balances in the Mexican government under the PRI during most of the 20th century?

• They were clearly outlined in the constitution, and used effectively to promote substantive democracy

• They were written into the constitution, but rarely practiced by the PRI government

• They were naturally created by the government, even though they were not written into the constitution

• They were effectively used by opposition parties to restrict the power of the PRI

In recent years, the Mexican government has relied more heavily on the military to help

• combat drug trafficking

• promote education and health services

• fight international terrorism

• oversee free and fair elections