Geography 322 - Geography of Latin America » Spring 2019 » Quiz 9 Non government Organizations: Scale, Society and Environment
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Question #1
International/supranational organizations do not interact with NGOs to accomplish development work in Latin America.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #2
Scales of an NGO
A.
Reflect the importance of the issue the organization is addressing.
B.
Reflect what the organization is capable of.
C.
Are indicators of whether positive or detrimental work is being carried out.
D.
Shift so the organization can gain more power.
Question #3
Andean Reciprocity
A.
involved higher taxes on the poorest in Pre-Columbian society.
B.
was the Pre-Columbian version of the NGO space in society.
C.
governed the Pre-Columbian communal land system.
D.
was the Pre-Columbian education system in Latin America.
Question #4
How did colonial governments create schools, hospitals and other "charitable" infrastructure?
A.
through the church
B.
they left it to native groups to build
C.
through their own charity organizations
D.
through existent Andean Reciprocity systems
Question #5
What led to the rise of NGOs in the 1980s and 1990s?
A.
the effects of corruption between the state and powerful landowners/urban entrepreneurial classes.
B.
the desire for groups worldwide to contribute to liberation theology movement goals.
C.
the failure of a corrupt Catholic Church to address social and environmental issues.
D.
the failure of large development projects and the opening of democracies.
Question #6
How did the World Bank respond to pressure from NGOs about its development policies in Rondonia?
A.
it decentralized development projects to local NGOs
B.
it continued settling the area with no policy change.
C.
it invited the World Wildlife Fund, the Sierra Club, and the Environmental Defense Fund to coordinate development projects.
D.
it funded coffee and cacao production projects.
Question #7
________ was one activity proposed as a PLANAFLORO development project by Rondonian NGOs/small farmers.
A.
coffee cultivation
B.
cacao cultivation
C.
soy cultivation
D.
native fruit or palm tree cultivation
Question #8
Beekeeping in Rondonia
A.
Successfully conserved the forest and provided a livelihood for locals.
B.
Involved the use of a bee species native to the Amazon
C.
Furthered deforestation unintentionally.
D.
Involved the use of non-native bees that didn't need the forest to survive.
Question #9
The moratorium on soybean purchases in Mato Grosso illustrates:
A.
The power of "jumping scale".
B.
That business – oriented NGOs and environmental groups like Greenpeace can successfully work together in crafting policy.
C.
The power of local farmer NGOs in crafting environmentally sound farming policy in the area.
D.
That national governments can work effectively and efficiently to conserve the environment.
Question #10
NGOs in Latin America,,
A.
are "revolutionary."
B.
attack problems that the market economy and national governments aren't addressing/are creating.
C.
point to major social and environmental changes.
D.
all of the above describe NGOs in Latin America.
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