Geography 322 - Geography of Latin America » Fall 2019 » Quiz 9 Non government Organizations: Scale, Society and Environment

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Question #1
NGOs in Latin America
A.   attack problems that the market economy and national governments aren't addressing/are creating.
B.   point to major social and environmental changes.
C.   are "revolutionary."
D.   all of the above describe NGOs in Latin America.
Question #2
International/supranational organizations do not interact with NGOs to accomplish development work in Latin America.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Scales of an NGO
A.   Reflect the importance of the issue the organization is addressing.
B.   Are indicators of whether positive or detrimental work is being carried out.
C.   Reflect what the organization is capable of.
D.   Shift so the organization can gain more power.
Question #4
Andean Reciprocity
A.   governed the Pre-Columbian communal land system.
B.   involved higher taxes on the poorest in Pre-Columbian society.
C.   was the Pre-Columbian version of the NGO space in society.
D.   was the Pre-Columbian education system in Latin America.
Question #5
How did colonial governments create schools, hospitals and other "charitable" infrastructure?
A.   through existent Andean Reciprocity systems
B.   through their own charity organizations
C.   they left it to native groups to build
D.   through the church
Question #6
What led to the rise of NGOs in the 1980s and 1990s?
A.   the failure of a corrupt Catholic Church to address social and environmental issues.
B.   the failure of large development projects and the opening of democracies.
C.   the desire for groups worldwide to contribute to liberation theology movement goals.
D.   the effects of corruption between the state and powerful landowners/urban entrepreneurial classes. 
Question #7
How did the World Bank respond to pressure from NGOs about its development policies in Rondonia?
A.   it funded coffee and cacao production projects.
B.   it decentralized development projects to local NGOs
C.   it continued settling the area with no policy change.
D.   it invited the World Wildlife Fund, the Sierra Club, and the Environmental Defense Fund to coordinate development projects.
Question #8
________ was one activity proposed as a PLANAFLORO development project by Rondonian NGOs/small farmers.
A.   native fruit or palm tree cultivation
B.   coffee cultivation
C.   soy cultivation
D.   cacao cultivation
Question #9
Beekeeping in Rondonia
A.   Involved the use of a bee species native to the Amazon
B.   Involved the use of non-native bees that didn't need the forest to survive.
C.   Successfully conserved the forest and provided a livelihood for locals.
D.   Furthered deforestation unintentionally.
Question #10
The moratorium on soybean purchases in Mato Grosso illustrates:
A.   That national governments can work effectively and efficiently to conserve the environment.
B.   That business – oriented NGOs and environmental groups like Greenpeace can successfully work together in crafting policy.
C.   The power of "jumping scale".
D.   The power of local farmer NGOs in crafting environmentally sound farming policy in the area.

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