The ________ ruled Mexico for more than half a century before the year 2000. (Fill in the blank)

The ________ ruled Mexico for more than half a century before the year 2000.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

 Q. 2

One of the largest drug cartels in Mexico, based out of the Mexican state of Michoacn, is __________.
 
  a. PEMEX
  b. La Familia
  c. La Maquiladora
  d. El Sexeno
  e. IFE

 Q. 3

The movement of Mexican workers to the United States is a policy concern to Mexican politicians because
 
  a. of the difficulties Mexican businesses have in filling job openings.
  b. earnings repatriated to Mexico are a major boost to the economy.
  c. U.S. policy threatens to attract more workers.
  d. of the loss of tax revenue workers in the United States would have paid in Mexico.
  e. wages in Mexico rise unexpectedly when the number of available workers declines.

 Q. 4

The main features of the Oportunidades program are
 
  a. it comes from foreign aid donated by developed nations and it goes to the areas currently suffering from thegreatest drug-related violence.
 b. money is given directly to women and is contingent on their children staying in school and the family receivingmedical care.
 c. spending on education has doubled while money has been saved by offering less of a retirement social safetynet for the wealthy.
 d. only those who are below a certain income level qualify but the program is otherwise gender and race-neutral.
  e. it was brought in by the PRD and was revoked as soon as President Neito's party gained power in 2012.

 Q. 5

The policy reforms that helped end the crisis of the 1980s included all the following EXCEPT
 
  a. nationalization of key industries.
  b. raising taxes.
  c. debt reduction.
  d. reductions in government spending.
  e. opening the economy to more trade and foreign investment.

 Q. 6

Mexico's economy is a political issue because
 
  a. the absence of an industrial sector makes Mexico dependent on imports.
  b. of Mexico's massive debt owed to foreign and international lenders.
  c. of the apparent shrinking of the middle class.
  d. of the growth of labor unions' power.
  e. government is gaining control of more and more economic activity.