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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
Scales of an NGO
A.   Shift so the organization can gain more power.
B.   Reflect what the organization is capable of.
C.   Are indicators of whether positive or detrimental work is being carried out.
D.   Reflect the importance of the issue the organization is addressing.
Question #3
Andean Reciprocity
A.   was the Pre-Columbian version of the NGO space in society.
B.   involved higher taxes on the poorest in Pre-Columbian society.
C.   was the Pre-Columbian education system in Latin America.
D.   governed the Pre-Columbian communal land system.
Question #4
How did colonial governments create schools, hospitals and other "charitable" infrastructure?
A.   through existent Andean Reciprocity systems
B.   through the church
C.   through their own charity organizations
D.   they left it to native groups to build
Question #5
What led to the rise of NGOs in the 1980s and 1990s?
A.   the failure of large development projects and the opening of democracies.
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 effects of corruption between the state and powerful landowners/urban entrepreneurial classes. 
Question #6
How did the World Bank respond to pressure from NGOs about its development policies in Rondonia?
A.   it invited the World Wildlife Fund, the Sierra Club, and the Environmental Defense Fund to coordinate development projects.
B.   it decentralized development projects to local NGOs
C.   it funded coffee and cacao production projects.
D.   it continued settling the area with no policy change.
Question #7
________ was one activity proposed as a PLANAFLORO development project by Rondonian NGOs/small farmers.
A.   cacao cultivation
B.   native fruit or palm tree cultivation
C.   soy cultivation
D.   coffee cultivation
Question #8
Beekeeping in Rondonia
A.   Involved the use of non-native bees that didn't need the forest to survive.
B.   Involved the use of a bee species native to the Amazon
C.   Successfully conserved the forest and provided a livelihood for locals.
D.   Furthered deforestation unintentionally.
Question #9
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 local farmer NGOs in crafting environmentally sound farming policy in the area.
D.   The power of "jumping scale".
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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