Ch. 11, Lesson 1 Test

In the 1900s, many Latin American countries depended on exports for money.

• True

• False

Products that are ______ are known as a trade embargo.

 

• imported

• exported

• sold within one country

• not sold to a particular country

Cuba became a(n) ______ after Fidel Castro's revolution.

 

• communist country

• democratic country

• agricultural country

• industrial country

During its history, Haiti has been ruled by dictators.

• True

• False

Nicaragua and Guatemala both ______.

 

• earned wealth from the Panama Canal

• experienced a civil war

• became communist

• were governed by the Sandinistas

Which of the following has caused Panama to become a banking center, due to trade?

 

• its oil

• its high yield of bananas

• its canal

• its high export of feed crops

Which one of these statements about Chile is true?

 

• It was ruled by the dictator Salvador Allende.

• Augusto Pinochet was its democratically elected president.

• It has returned to a democratic form of government.

• The United States has a trade embargo against the country.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) encourages ______.

 

• migrant workers to harvest crops

• maquiladoras to develop in the United States

• the United States to trade primarily with Canada

• companies to open factories in Mexico

In the 1930s, President Lázaro Cárdenas reformed Mexico by encouraging foreign ownership of oil wells.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements is true?

 

• Argentina's military won a war with Britain.

• Juan Perón increased people's freedoms in Argentina.

• A military revolt drove Juan Perón from power.

• Eva Perón became the first elected female president of Argentina.