Over ninety percent of all public revenues in Mexico are collected
A. from the oil companies.
B. from the wealthiest landowners.
C. from a Value Added Tax (VAT).
D. by the federal government.
Q. 2The patron-client relationship is a form of
A. traditional peonage.
B. interest aggregation.
C. capitalism.
D. government bureaucracy.
Q. 3After Mexican independence, church-state relations
A. flared into open confrontations on such issues.
B. began to improve.
C. suffered after numerous insurgent movements.
D. remained unchanged from before independence.
Q. 4The United States' bracero program during the Second World War allowed for
A. the internment of Mexicans believed to be undermining the war effort.
B. the recruitment of Mexicans into the U.S. armed forces.
C. the creation of literacy tests for immigration.
D. immigration from Mexico.
Q. 5In the 2000 election, the voting rate dropped because
A. of natural disasters.
B. those affiliated with the PRI did not vote.
C. there was a distrust in the electoral system.
D. of military involvement in the elections.
Q. 6The 2006 election in Mexico was historic because
A. it represented the first defeat for the PRI in decades.
B. it returned Vicente Fox back to the presidency after a six-year term.
C. it was the first election held under Mexico's new constitution.
D. it had to be settled by a decision in the Mexican courts.
Q. 7When compared with citizens of other nations in Latin America, Brazilian citizens have a higher general voting percentage.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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