Chapter 21 Quiz for Exploitation, Inequality, and Resistance

. Leftism in Latin America was largely synonymous with communism.

. The Leftist leaders who were executed in El Salvador and Nicaragua, respectively, and who later lent their names to political parties were

. After World War II, the United States continued its direct economic support of Latin American countries in a bid to prevent the Soviets from gaining influence.

. The founding members of the United Nations included ____ from Latin America.

. The first director of the UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean was

. Raúl Prebisch was a proponent of the economic theory of

. Between 1950 and 1970, in part because of industrialization efforts, the GDP of Latin America

. The economic gains that came with import substitution policies were spread across the population, with unskilled workers benefiting greatly.

. Government price controls on food resulted in

. The idea that the economic policies of developed nations and inequalities inherent within the capitalist system kept Latin America reliant on more industrialized and countries was known as

. The Latin American Free Trade Agreement was created by the Treaty of Montevideo.

. Sales at the first Sears store to open in Mexico City in 1947 totaled _______ in the first two weeks.

. The first major television networks appeared in Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil in

. Like American soap operas, Latin American telenovelas can run for decades.

. By the mid-20th century, the largest single landholder in Guatemala was

. Guatemalan president Juan José Arévalo faced _________ coup attempts during his term in office.

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