Despite Lula's __________, which increased welfare payments to 12 million poor, about __________ percent of the population still lives under the poverty line.
a. programas oportunidades; 10
b. Bolsa Famlia; 25
c. abertura; 50
d. Casa Improvo; 90
Q. 2Dependency theory, long applied to Latin American countries including Brazil, has its roots in the writings of __________.
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Karl Marx
d. Samuel Huntington
Q. 3Dependency theory argues that Latin American poverty is the result of __________.
a. flaws in domestic institutions
b. corrupt rulers
c. exploitation by rich countriesespecially the U.S.
d. local political culture that accepts corruption at the expense of the common good
Q. 4Who won the 2014 Brazilian presidential election?
a. Dilma Rousseff
b. Michel Temer
c. Luiz Incio Lula de Silva
d. Fernando Collor de Mello
Q. 5Brazilian senators are elected through a __________ electoral system.
a. pure proportional representation
b. first past the post (FPTP)
c. single-transferable vote
d. two-round proportional representation
Q. 6How many senators from each state serve in Brazil's upper house?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 10
d. 25
Q. 7Which of the following best describes Brazilian political parties?
a. cohesive
b. ecumenical
c. weak
d. strong
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