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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Political Institutions

In Mexico, camarillas are an example of what?

$100 Answer from Political Institutions

Patron-client systems

$200 Question from Political Institutions

On paper, the Mexican government is structured to resemble that of which country?

$200 Answer from Political Institutions

The U.S.

$300 Question from Political Institutions

Name the three main political parties in the Mexican government and identify their alignment on the political spectrum

$300 Answer from Political Institutions

PRD – center-leftPRI – centerPAN – center-right

$400 Question from Political Institutions

Name the two houses of the Mexican Congress and their respective number of members

$400 Answer from Political Institutions

Chamber of Deputies - 500Senate - 128

$500 Question from Political Institutions

The large concentration of powers, formal and informal, in the hands of the president is referred to Mexicans as

$500 Answer from Political Institutions

Presidencialismo

$100 Question from Economy

This Mexican president tried to privatize Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned petroleum company, but was ultimately unsuccessful as the idea was found to be unpopular among the people

$100 Answer from Economy

Vicente Fox

$200 Question from Economy

He was the first Mexican president to begin implementing neoliberal reforms and privatization into Mexico’s economy.

$200 Answer from Economy

Miguel de la Madrid

$300 Qu0estion from Economy

Though NAFTA has greatly aided in the growth of Mexico’s exports and manufacturing, this industry has experienced decline since NAFTA’s inception

$300 Answer from Economy

The farming/agriculture industry

$400 Question from Economy

This industry accounts for the majority of Mexico’s growth.

$400 Answer from Economy

The oil industry

$500 Question from Economy

This sudden occurrence was the cause for Mexico’s 1994 economic crisis.

$500 Answer from Economy

The devaluation of the peso

$100 Question from Public Policy

The city in Mexico with the worst air pollution and arguably the worst air pollution in the world.

$100 Answer from Public Policy

Mexico City

$200 Question from Public Policy

These are the foreign-owned factories in the northern Mexican states

$200 Answer from Public Policy

Maquiladoras

$300 Question from Public Policy

The money received from families in one country to another which is third most important source of foreign exchange in Mexico.

$300 Answer from Public Policy

Remittance

$400 Question from Public Policy

What is the antipoverty  program that pays needy families to keep their children in school?

$400 Answer from Public Policy

PROGRESA

$500 Question from Public Policy

A program that brought many Mexican agricultural workers to the US during WW II

$500 Answer from Public Policy

Bracero Program

$100 Question from Citizens, Society, and Political Socialization

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$200 Question from Citizens, Society, and Political Socialization

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$300 Question from Citizens, Society, and Political Socialization

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$400 Question from Citizens, Society, and Political Socialization

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$500 Question from Citizens, Society, and Political Socialization

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$100 Question from Geography, History and Intro

This geographical feature is crossed by many Mexican immigrants and creates a natural boundary between Mexico and the U.S. is

$100 Answer from Geography, History and Intro

El Rio Grande.

$200 Question from Geography, History and Intro

This day is Mexico’s most important national patriotic celebration

$200 Answer from Geography, History and Intro

September 16

$300 Question from Geography, History and Intro

The political party in control for most of Mexico’s history

$300 Answer from Geography, History and Intro

PRI

$400 Question from Geography, History and Intro

During the presidency of Lazaro Cardenas del Rio, the assumption of mineral rights and subsequent nationalism of the oil industry formed this company

$400 Answer from Geography, History and Intro

PEMEX

$500 Question from Geography, History and Intro

The Mexican Revolution started this type of reform

$500 Answer from Geography, History and Intro

Agrarian reform (ejidos)

Final Jeopardy

This program offered direct cash payments to millions of subsistence farmers in 1994

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