Geography 322 - Geography of Latin America » Fall 2019 » Quiz 10 Latin American Social Movements: Places, Scales and Networks of Action

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Question #1
What is at the heart of nearly all Latin American social movements?
A.   An experience of exclusion
B.   Economic marginalization
C.   A challenge to neoliberalismm
D.   an attempt at building a communist state
E.   a separatism agenda
Question #2
The Zapatistas
A.   fight for the preservation of the Amazon
B.   is connected with NGOs in Russia
C.   are connected with Mexican indigenous people and poor migrants in California.
D.   is one of Latin America's motherist groups
E.   fight for the landless in in Brazil
Question #3
The Movement of Rural Landless workers in Brazil (the MST) marched for land rights in Brasilia, highlighting the importance of being seen and heard in public space.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
The women's movement in Chile:
A.   Supports neoliberal policies
B.   Collaborated with the Madres for expanded visibility online
C.   Got funding from NGOs in Sweden
D.   Took over government offices in the capital demanding greater inclusion of females in politics
Question #5
The Zapatistas' transnational activist network
A.   built a movement called Zapatism and inspired people in the global north to take action.
B.   Includes people in over 150 countries.
C.   Has been ignored by the Mexican government.
D.   Spread largely via immigration to the US.
Question #6
An example of a social movement involving cultural politics AND active politics of place is the______.
A.   Moviemiento de Trabajadores Sin Terra (MST) 
B.   Madres de Plaza del Mayo
C.   Afro – Colombian movement
D.   Afro – Peruvian movement
Question #7
The piquetero movement in Argentina cannot be considered part of the transnational antiglobalization movement. 
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
_____refers to how social movements come and stay together, organize activities for visibility, connect, and build coalitions.
A.   Revolting
B.   Mobilization
C.   Networking
D.   Uprising
Question #9
Social movements that discuss alternative conception of democracy, justice, nature and citizenship seek to redefine__________.
A.   Economic power
B.   The power of families
C.   Social power
D.   Intellectual power
Question #10
Recent Bolivian social movements have been focused on___________.
A.   New forms of litigation/conflict resolution
B.   Economic inclusion and resource access, less foreign exploitation
C.   Lost family members
D.   New conceptions of the individual

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