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The strategy by which tariffs, quotas and other methods were used to protect domestic industries from the competition posed by imports, and the government encouraged the export of manufactured goods rather than primary products, is known as
 
  a. institutional economic planning.
  b. economic nationalism.
  c. import-substitution industrialization.
  d. export prohibition nationalization.

 Q. 2

In 1989, _______ took control of the government in Baja California Norte, becoming the first opposition party to PRI to officially win a state election since the Revolution.
 
  a. PPS
  b. PRD
  c. PAN
  d. PT

 Q. 3

Mexican Presidents have the longest lame duck sessions in the world; the election takes place in July, but the president does not take office until __________.
 
  a. March
  b. January
  c. September
  d. December

 Q. 4

Which of the following statements regarding the elections and parties in Mexico is true?
 
  a. As a nation steeped in tradition, it is not surprising that representation and participation in Mexico has not changed in a century.
  b. The process of electoral reform ultimately strengthened the stranglehold of the PRI on political power in Mexico.
  c. The electoral reforms allowed by PRI ultimately set in motion a sequence of events in which PRI lost its domination of politics in Mexico.
  d. The losses suffered by PRI in the 1990s forced the party to completely disintegrate and become an array of meaningless minor parties.

 Q. 5

In the Mexican system of federalism,
 
  a. state governments regularly defy decisions of the federal government.
  b. the federal Senate has the power to remove an elected governor.
  c. local government officials are allowed to serve consecutive terms.
  d. governors and the president are elected during the same election cycle.

 Q. 6

How is the Mexican Congress different from the United States Congress?
 
  a. In Mexico, consecutive terms are forbidden, so members of Congress must skip a term before being eligible for reelection.
  b. In Mexico, Congress has powerful committees and an extensive body of staff that can generate information, but the U.S. Congress must rely heavily on the executive branch for information.
  c. In Mexico, every president in the last twenty years served in the Senate, as opposed to the United States where most presidents have been governors.
  d. In Mexico, political parties are not prevalent in Congress and do not determine leadership, whereas leadership in the U.S. Congress is determined by parties.
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