6.05 Quiz: Preparing a Presentation

Which leader instituted changes in Argentina to improve the lives of workers, including a minimum wage and an eight-hour workday? Juscelino Kubitchek Juan Perón Fidel Castro Augusto Pinochet

Juan Perón

What is a developing nation? a country where a majority of the people are wealthy a country with high levels of industry and commerce a country governed by a dictatorship a country with low levels of industry and commerce

a country with low levels of industry and commerce

Which leader stepped down after holding and losing a plebiscite asking the Chilean people whether they wanted him to continue in power? Alan Garcia Juan Perón Juscelino Kubitchek Augusto Pinochet

Augusto Pinochet

Which Central American nation has the most successful and longest-lived democracy in Latin America? Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Which country remains the longest-lived communist dictatorship in Latin America? Chile Cuba El Salvador Peru

Cuba

What effect did Salvador Allende's policies have on Chile's economy? His policies made Chile one of the wealthiest nations in Latin America. His policies decreased Chile's annual inflation rate. His policies encouraged foreigners to invest in businesses in Chile. His policies ruined the Chilean economy.

His policies ruined the Chilean economy.

Which Latin American country was part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States and Canada? Brazil El Salvador Mexico Nicaragua

Mexico

How did poor people respond when Latin American governments encouraged industry? Millions of poor people flocked to cities in hopes of finding well-paying jobs. Many poor people migrated to coastal regions to become fishermen. Millions of poor people staged protests against the government and factory owners. Many poor people migrated to the United States and Canada.

Millions of poor people flocked to cities in hopes of finding well-paying jobs.

Which international organization helped Latin American nations become more democratic by sending observers to member states to see that elections were conducted fairly? Pan American Health Organization Organization of American States World Health Organization International Monetary Fund

Organization of American States

Why did U.S. intervention in Latin America increase during the Cold War? The U.S. government wanted to control profitable businesses in Latin America. The U.S. government hoped to gain more territory in Latin America. The U.S. government wished to build more military bases in Latin America. The U.S. government feared that the Soviets would spread communism in Latin America.

The U.S. government feared that the Soviets would spread communism in Latin America.

Why didn't Latin American nations develop an industrial base during the nineteenth century? Their land was not suited for an industrial base. They didn't have enough people to work in the factories. They didn't have the natural resources to develop an industrial base. Their economies remained rooted in agriculture.

Their economies remained rooted in agriculture.

How did many Latin American leaders attempt to make their countries more self-sufficient after World War II? by raising tariffs on agriculture products by promoting dictatorship as government by promoting the growth of industry by nationalizing private lands

by promoting the growth of industry

Which remains one of the biggest problems facing Latin America? lack of exports illegal drug trade communism agribusiness

illegal drug trade

What action did the United States take when Castro's government seized the property of U.S. companies? formed an alliance between the two countries in hopes that the property would be returned to the U.S. companies threatened to attack Cuba if Castro did not return the property to the U.S. companies instituted an embargo of Cuba, forbidding Americans to trade with the country established trade agreements with the Cuban government

instituted an embargo of Cuba, forbidding Americans to trade with the country

In the 1960s and 1970s, some Catholic priests and nuns in Latin America practiced the belief that Christians should work on behalf of the poor and oppressed. What is this belief called? liberation theology reformation Catholicism socialism

liberation theology