Mexico

Question 1

caciques:

Answer 1

-local military strongmen who dominated politics during the 19th century

Question 2

Felipe Calderon:

Answer 2

-PAN conservative pres 2006-2012
-responsible for waging a war against drug cartels, ^^ violence

Question 3

camarillas:

Answer 3

-vast informal networks of personal loyalty that act as powerful political cliques

Question 4

Lazaro Cardenas:

Answer 4

-PRI pres 1934-1940
-implemented radical land reform
-nationalized Mexican oil companies

Question 5

caudillos:

Answer 5

-local military strongmen who dominated politics during the 19th and 20th centuries

Question 6

Chamber of Deputies:

Answer 6

-the lower house in Mexico’s legislature

Question 7

Confederation of Mexican Workers (CMT)

Answer 7

-Mexico’s dominant trade union confederation
-main pillar of PRI’s authoritarian regime

Question 8

Constitution of 1917

Answer 8

-Document established by Mexican Revolution that continues to regulate Mexico’s political regime

Question 9

Hernan Cortez:

Answer 9

-spanish conquerer of Mexico

Question 10

criollos:

Answer 10

-mexican born descendants of Spaniards during the period of Spanish colonial rule

Question 11

Cuauhtemoc:

Answer 11

-Aztec military leader defeated by the Spanish conquerers

Question 12

Porfirio Diaz:

Answer 12

-Mexican dictator (1876-1910)
-deposed by Mexican Revolution

Question 13

Federal Electoral Institute:

Answer 13

-independent agency that regulates elections in Mexico
-created in 1996 to end decades of electoral fraud

Question 14

Vicente Fox:

Answer 14

-PAN pres (2000-2006)
-first non PRI pres in more than 7 decades

Question 15

Benito Juarez:

Answer 15

-19 century mexican pres
-consideed an early proponent of a secular & democratic Mexico

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Francisco Labastida:

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-first PRI candidate to lose a pres. election
-defeated by FOX in 2000

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latifundistas:

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-owners of huge tracts of land
-were granted a large amount of power during the colonization of mexico

Question 18

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO):

Answer 18

-PRD pres (2018-2024)
-leftist populist
-claims he was the rightful winner of 2006 & 2012 elections

Question 19

Jose Lopez Portillo:

Answer 19

-pres (1976-82)
-increased role of state in the economy
-nationalized Mexico’s banking system

Question 20

Francisco Madero:

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-initial leader of Mexican Revolution
-sought moderate democratic reform

Question 21

mestizos:

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-mexicans of mixed european and indigenous decent
–make up majority of Mexico’s population

Question 22

Mexican American War:

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-(1846-48)
-conflict with Mexico and US
-resulted in US acquisition of half of Mexico’s land

Question 23

Mexican Revolution:

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-violent conflict (1910-1917)
-established PRI regime

Question 24

Mexican War of Independence:

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• 11 year conflict to win independence from Spain in 1821

Question 25

MORENA (National Regeneration Movement):

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- new leftist political party -formed by AMLO

Question 26

municipios:

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-Country level governments in Mexican statesq

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Nahuatl:

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-Mexico's second largest indigenous group -concentrated in central Mexico

Question 28

National Congress:

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-Mexico's bicameral legislature

Question 29

National Supreme Court of Justice:

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-Mexico's highest court

Question 30

Nort American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):

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-trade agreement between Canada, US, and Mexico -liberalizes trade -renegotiated in 2020, replaced by USMCA

Question 31

Partido Accion Nacional (PAN):

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-Conservative Catholic Mexican party -main opposition to the PRI until 2000

Question 32

Partido de la Revolucion Democratica (PRD):

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- Mexico's main party of the left

Question 33

Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI):

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-party that emerged from the Mexican Revolution -presided over an authoritarian regime until 2000

Question 34

patron-client relationships:

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-relationships in which powerful government officials deliver state services and access to power in exchange for political support

Question 35

PEMEX:

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-Mexico's powerful state-owned oil monopoly

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Enrique Pena Nieto:

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-PRI pres (2012-2018) - first PRI member to be elected pres since return to democracy in 2000

Question 37

San Andres Peace Accords:

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-1996 agreement to end Zapista rebel uprising -never implemented by PRI gov.

Question 39

secretary of government:

Question 40

secretary of the treasury:

Question 41

Senate:

Question 42

Televisa:

Question 43

Francisco VIlla (Pancho):

Question 44

War of the Castes:

Question 45

Emiliano Zapata:

Question 46

Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN):

Question 47

Ernesto Zedillo: