American Government 230 - Fullerton College



American Government 230 Part III

Roskin, pgs. 167-175

Kelleher, pgs. 125-132, A:IR18-12

THE PATTERN OF U.S. INTERVENTION

True or False Questions

1. When Panama seceded and won its independence in 1903 from Colombia, there was no outside coaxing. True or False

2. The 1954 Guatemalan coup was a triumph for the people of that poor country, bringing in a reformist government with land redistribution and expanded economic growth. True or False

3. Fidel Castro publicly acknowledged his Communist views when he led a guerrilla war against the corrupt Batista regime in the Sierra Maestra of eastern Cuba. True or False

4. The spread of commercial crops, such as coffee, sugar, and tropical fruits, at the expense of foodstuffs such as beans and rice, did little to benefit the peasants of Latin America. True or False

5. In spite of the fact that the United States provided air support to the arriving exiled Cubans on the shores of the island in 1961, these so-called “liberators” were quickly defeated, arrested and used in show-trials to further humiliate Kennedy. True or False

6. No matter how some Cubans in Florida feel about the Caster regime, according to Roskin and Berry, there are many more Cubans living on the island that appreciate the education, jobs, health care, and equality that its Communist government provides to the large lower classes. True or False

7. Related to hegemony, a sphere of influence exists where a major power molds the policies of another state without controlling its government. True or False

8. Mexico is the only place on earth where you can walk from the Third World into the First. True or False

9. According to Roskin and Berry, Mexico is a "zone of chaos" on our border, an endless source of drugs, crime, corruption, instability, and undocumented workers. True or False

10. The influence of narcotraficantes extends through Mexico's army, police, courts, and even into the presidency. True or False

11. In spite of the PRI’s usual tactics of trying to manipulate the Mexican presidential election in 2000, a candidate from the opposition PAN finally won and the trend continued in 2006. True or False

12. According to Roskin and Berry, U.S. intervention in Latin America, whether direct or indirect, has brought about democracy in that region. True or False

13. The fact that Mexico borders the U.S. has been such a primary benefit to that country according to former Mexican President Porfirio Diaz. True or False

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After signing an agreement with Colombia to build a canal in the 1870s, what stopped Ferdinand de Lesseps and the French from completing the project across the Isthmus of Panama? a) the British threats, b) an invasion by the United States, c) guerrilla warfare by local insurgents, d) yellow fever and bankruptcy.

2. What was the result of the U.S. training a local militia and installing its leader as president for Latin American countries? a) corrupt military dictatorships, b) stable democracies that promoted economic growth, c) secure and viable economies that helped transform the country, d) massive amounts of U.S. humanitarian aid coupled with capital, technical and managerial assistance.

3. During World I and World War II, the United States kept the following country out of Central America: a) France, b) Russia, c) Germany, d) Britain

4. Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. government perceived reformers in Latin America as: a) dedicated democrats, b) humanitarian utopians, c) military autocrats, d) communists.

5. What got Washington involved in Guatemala in 1954 that led to the CIA backed overthrow of the Arbenz government? a) Arbenz was a dedicated Communist who had eliminated all opposition parties, b) The Arbenz government was led by the military that persecuted innocent civilians, c) He had expropriated much of the land of the United Fruit Company, d) A corrupt crackpot, Arbenz was hated by the overwhelming majority of the Guatemalan people.

6. What action did Fidel Castro take which angered the Eisenhower administration leading to a break of diplomatic ties with Cuba? a) Castro received aid from Spain, b) Castro nationalized U.S. industries in Cuba, c) Castro called Eisenhower a capitalist thug and imperialist, among other insults, d) Castro offended the U.S. ambassador’s at a dinner meeting.

7. When Castro took power in Cuba, who left the Caribbean island for Miami? a) the lower classes and part of the middle class, b) only the middle class, c) the professional classes and some of the upper classes, d) the entire upper class and much of the middle class.

8. According to Roskin and Berry, how did Castro get away with building a Communist regime a mere 90 miles from U.S. shores? a) Kennedy was a weak president and a coward, incapable of understanding power politics, b) Because Kennedy was Catholic, the Pope interceded on behalf of Castro convincing the U.S. president that killing fellow Catholics in Cuba was morally untenable, c) direct intervention had become unfashionable and Kennedy believed that Cuban exiles would easily dislodge the Castro regime, d) Castro was quite an effective leader and propagandist, playing the U.S. and the Soviets against each other.

9. The following program was created for Latin America to prevent another Cuba: a) the Assistance for Democracy, b) the Human Resources Initiative, c) the Democratic Assistance Alliance, d) the Alliance for Progress.

10. A failed 1961 CIA-backed attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro by 1400 Cuban exiles: a) Operation Castro, b) Caribbean Initiative, c) Bay of Pigs, d) Cortes Response.

11. What limited the ability to overthrow Castro in 1961, unlike Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954? a) Castro had completely gotten rid of the old Cuban army, b) Castro relied on old Baptista government officials to be his eyes and ears, c) Castro coopted the opposition parties by giving its leaders positions in his new government, d) Castro refused to punish members of the previous regime, winning over the hearts and minds of the Cuban people.

12. Why do presidential candidates give the Miami Cubans what they want when it comes to Cuba? a) Cuba is a little island that has nothing to offer the U.S., b) The U.S. fears Castro and does not want to provoke him, c) Florida is a critical state in presidential politics, d) The Miami Cubans are perceived as corrupt and must be contained through social welfare programs.

13. What does Samuel Huntington call countries that are pulled between a modernizing elite that wants to join Western civilization and the traditional masses that resist? a) backward, b) torn, c) ambivalent, d) destabilizers.

14. The Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) is what type of political party? a) leftist, socialist, stable party, b) democratic, reformist party, c) statist, corrupt, bureaucratic party, d) conservative, church dominated party.

15. The Mexican Maquiladoras are: a) the squalid conditions of the poor, b) the government bureaucracies, c) Government pensions for corrupt officials, d) U.S. assembly plants on the Mexican border.

16. What country is the exception when it comes to free and fair elections in a poor country? a) India, b) Mexico, c) Haiti, d) Pakistan

17. What is the solution to corrupt, rigged elections according to Roskin and Berry? a) The U.S. needs to give money and clandestine support to the opposition parties, b) A large, educated middle class, c) A free press, d) Direct military action by the U.S. and other advanced democracies

18. What is the long-term solution to the troubles in Latin America according to Roskin and Berry? a) increased foreign aid, b) a permanent U.S. military presence, c) land reform, d) economic growth via free trade.

Fill-in Questions

1. Why do major powers create and maintain spheres of influence?

a) For their _________,

b) For _________ well-being,

c) And sometimes for _________.

2. How is it that the elites in poor countries stay in power?

a) They prohibit or hassle opposition ________, sometimes by murder, until they are ineffective.

b) They deny access to the mass ______, chiefly through government control of television.

c) They distribute ______, favors, and _____ to their supporters who vote early and often.

Plants & Animals

Keller, pgs. 125-132

True or False Questions

1. According to Kelleher and Klein, the fate of most species that have existed on Earth is eventual extinction. True or False

2. The relationship of the tropical rain forests and the greenhouse effect has never been proven. It is an unnecessary concern created by extremist environmentalists. True or False

3. The last horticultural and hunting people live in the rain forests and the latter's destruction means ethnocide. True or False

4. In 1983 the International Whaling Commission mandated the end of whaling by 1986, receiving strong support from Norway and the United States. True or False

5. Today the pollution of the oceans poses more of a threat to whales than hunting. True or False

6. People who are born with sickle-cell traits have a natural immunity to malaria. True or False

7. Besides having to deal with the problems associated with weather patterns and insect infestation, farmers in the developing countries have to concern themselves with the caprices of the world market, making cash crops unstable when feeding local populations. True or False

8. One of the most significant benefits that the Nestle Corporation provided to nursing mothers during the 1970s in Africa was dry milk, allowing mothers to more quickly get back into the workforce. True or False

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem of the contemporary era when it comes to the plants and animals? a) The extinction of species is inherently bad no matter the cause, b) Human actions have created an artificial world environment, c) Nature is incapable of balancing itself without careful participation by human beings, d) The natural environment was created for the benefit of human beings to exploit, to develop.

2. About what percent of temperate and tropical rain forests have been lost to deforestation? a) 19%, b) 45%, c) 57%, d) 69%

3. An important discovery has come from the temperate rainforest of the Pacific Northwest, where the bark of the local yew tree was found to be a source for taxol, an effective medical treatment for fighting: a) herpes, b) ovarian cancer, c) measles, d) Aids.

4. By the 1960s, which of the following countries had become the titans of whaling, with whale meat their main economic product? a) Britain and Norway, b) Norway and Japan, c) China and Britain, d) Japan and the Soviet Union.

5. According to a study conducted in 2003, what percent of the large predatory ocean fishes have been lost in the past 50 years? a) 23%, b) 31%, c) 39%, d) 90%

6. Which of the following disease has completely disappeared? a) smallpox, b) measles, c) chicken pox, d) malaria.

7. What is meant by homozygous when discussing sickle-cell disease? a) It is a consequence eating to much sugar, b) It is a trait that is inherited from both parents, c) It is a debilitating after affect of the illness, d) It refers to the severe anemia that occurs.

8. In 2005, what percent of the world’s children died as a consequence of malnutrition? a) 15%, b) 21%, c) 33%, d) 67%

Fill-in Questions

1. Why is deforestation especially destructive to tropical rainforests?

a) The loss of ______ negatively affects the soil.

b) In tropical regions, the soil level is particularly _____ and fragile.

c) Temperate and tropical rain forests have been called the ______ of the Earth because they absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide as part of normal ________________.

Answers

True or False Questions, Roskin, pgs. 167-175

1. False

3. False

5. False

7. True

9. True

11. True

13. False

Multiple Choice Questions

1. d

3. c

5. c

7. d

9. d

11. a

13. b

15. d

17. b

Fill-in Questions

1. a) security, b) economic, c) prestige

True or False Questions, Keller, pgs. 125-132

1. True

3. True

5. True

7. True

Multiple Choice Questions,

1. b

3. b

5. d

7. b

Fill-in Questions

1. a) trees, b) thin, c) lungs, photosynthesis

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