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One of the main cleavages in Mexico is the divide
between Mestizos and these people
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Who are Amerindians?
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This is the region that possesses most of the
wealth in Mexico
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What is the North, or border region?
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Currently, this number is at .54 in Mexico,
indicating a high level of economic inequality
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What is the Gini coefficient?
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This movement in Mexico can be compared to
Russias ongoing problems in Chechnya
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What is the Zapatista movement?
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The conflict among PRI leaders over how to
develop the economy divided the PRI into these
two groups
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Who are the politicos and technicos?
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These are the names of the 2 houses of Congress
in Mexico
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Who are the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate?
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PEMEX is an example of this type of institution
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What is a parastatal?
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A president is allowed to serve only one of these
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What is a sexeno?
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The concentration of power in the presidency is
primarily the result of his power to do this
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What is appoint?
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This is the number of seats chosen for the Senate
through proportional representation
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What is 32 (or 64 if you count the 2nd place
seats)?
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This was the longest serving dictator in Mexicos
history
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Who is Porfirio Diaz?
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Picture Daily Double!
This president enacted sweeping reforms from
1934-1940
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Who is Lazaro Cardenas?
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The patron-client system in Mexico has its roots
in the conflicts between these, a word for a
group in a power base around a strongman
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What are caudillos?
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The Christeros Rebellion centered upon a
disagreement over the role of this in Mexican
society
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What is the Catholic Church?
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During the sexeno from 1934 to 1940, these land
grants were given to many peasants in a
redistribution plan
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What are ejidos?
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Northern Mexicans with higher incomes are most
likely to vote for this party
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What is the PAN?
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This was the greatest significance of the 2000
presidential election
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What is the first time the PRI did not win the
election since 1929?
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This institution helped to remove PRI control
over the media and allow opposition parties to
monitor election results
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What is the IFE?
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Welfare programs, health care, and other benefits
for unemployed people are known by this general
program name
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What are opportunidades?
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Free trade, duty free zones along the border with
the U.S. are known as this
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What is the maquiladora district?
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This British prime minister moved economic policy
to the right from 1979 to 1991
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Who is Margaret Thatcher?
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States which centralize power at the national
level with little significant power reserved for
local governments are called this
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What is a unitary state?
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This General Secretary of the Chinese Communist
Party was the first to begin instituting market
reforms
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Who is Deng Xiaoping?
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Daily Double!
This word describes the British states policy of
giving power to local, independent parliaments
(with the understanding that they can be taken
back)
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What is devolution?
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When there is not unified support for the
policies of the prime minister, cabinet members
in Britain will resign under this tradition
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What is collective responsibility?