As a political issue, economic development is
a. a partisan issue that only Republicans support.
b. a consensus issue that everyone favors.
c. a Democratic issue because it relates to jobs for blue-collar and minority workers.
d. largely ignored by candidates because all sides agree it is important.
Q. 2What do we call the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures?
a. Marshall Plan
b. Monroe Doctrine
c. Cold War Doctrine
d. Truman Doctrine
e. Chamberlain Plan
Q. 3Which of the following is NOT true about the Mexican president's power of appointment?
a. The president's authority to appoint high-level officials allows him to provide policy direction.
b. The sheer number of positions that the president is able to appoint means that the beginning of each administration experiences a high level of turnover in political positions, which slows progress on the president's political agenda in the early part of his sexenio.
c. The president's authority to make appointments has been severely curtailed by the Mexican Congress as a means of making the policy-making process more democratic.
d. The president has the power to appoint not only members of the cabinet but also other high-level officials.
e. The president's power of appointment helps the president build a team of like-minded officials and secure their loyalty.
Q. 4The fourth wave of economic development and strategies emphasizes
a. globalization and human capital.
b. attracting heavy industries (like steel mills and automobile assembly plants) back into the United States.
c. following what has been termed the balancing agriculture with industry plan.
d. the need for publicprivate partnerships because states cannot afford to provide additional tax breaks due tobudgetary problems.
Q. 5The Monroe Doctrine is an example of what type of foreign policy?
a. Imperialist
b. Status quo
c. Unipolar
d. Expansionist
e. Regionalist
Q. 6Which of the following is NOT true about the Mexican cabinet?
a. While Pea Nieto has followed PRI tradition to name some aides from his term as governor and PRI allies from key regions, he has broken with tradition to appoint members of the opposition to his cabinet.
b. It often consists of numerous members of the Mexican bureaucracy that have few political ties to the party in power.
c. While few women have been selected for ministry-level posts, several have recently served as Mexico's Foreign Minister and Attorney General.
d. Before 2000, the Mexican president usually appointed those with whom he had worked closely over the years.
e. Although Caldern filled his cabinet with long-time members of the National Action Party (PAN) who had a long history of political engagement, few of Fox's cabinet appointees had political experience or close ties to PAN.
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