Which of the following is true of the Senate?
A. The election of judges of the Supreme Court is a function of the Senate.
B. All the deputies of the Senate are elected in single-member districts by majority rule.
C. Once elected, the senators serve a term of ten years at office.
D. The legislature in Mexico consists solely of the Senate as Mexico follows a
unicameral legislature system.
E. The Senate is also known as the Chamber of Deputies.
Q. 2The mestizaje project espoused by the Mexican government to build the regime's legitimacy ________.
A. implemented massive privatization programs to improve the economic condition of
Mexico after a period of state-led development
B. discouraged the integration of Indians into the economy
C. emphasized that the mixture of races in Mexico had to be eliminated for the overall
development of the country
D. promoted the cultural and economic integration of Mexican Indians into national life
E. utilized the ethnic diversity among Mexicans to retain office through successive
elections
Q. 3Hungarians were the first to breach the Iron Curtain by cutting down the barbed wire in the spring of 1989 at their border to Austria.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 4divided government ________.
A. eliminates pluralism in politics
B. elects only that party to power which has a simple majority of electoral seats
C. prevents the adoption of necessary reforms due to lack of a majority party
D. represents the most effective way to create a limited government
E. eliminates the need for consensus among the two parties holding pow
Q. 5Solidarity was an anti-communist movement in Poland.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 6The first reform of Mexican Judicial system instituted in 1994 under PRI President Ernesto Zedillo ________.
A. provided complete authority to the executive for the appointment of judges of the
Supreme Court
B. gave the court the authority to declare unconstitutional any legislation passed by
the legislature and signed by the president
C. reduced the term of judges from 15 to 5 years
D. limited the court's ability to settle intergovernmental disputes between state and
national governments
E. abolished the process of election of judges by the Senate