Online Quiz #5 Flashcards
Which of the following statements regarding the Brazilian military is accurate?
- Da Silva’s Truth Commission resulted in the first imprisonment of Brazil’s military leaders since the end of their formal rule.
- The military’s national security doctrine continues to focus too heavily on domestic stability and domestic threats.
- The military successfully engineered a full amnesty for itself concerning human rights abuses during military rule.
The military successfully engineered a full amnesty for itself concerning human rights abuses during military rule.
Brazil’s Second Republic was:
- polarized between supporters and opponents of Vargas.
- buoyed by a very strong economy.
- a successful laboratory for consolidating democratic elements.
polarized between supporters and opponents of Vargas.
Brazil’s electoral system uses:
open-list proportional representation.
Brazil’s military regime after 1964 was:
a bureaucratic authoritarian regime.
Latin American populists like Getúlio Vargas:
Mobilized urban workers
Brazil’s independence:
was achieved without bloodshed.
Brazil’s political party system:
is badly fragmented, with numerous undisciplined parties.
How did the two Cardoso administrations seek to assert state control over the military?
creating a single civilian Ministry of Defense
The rapid settlement and development of Brazil’s interior in the eighteenth century occurred due to:
the discovery of gold and diamonds.
The first working-class president of Brazil was:
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In which of the following ways does the Brazilian Federal Senate’s power differ from that of the Chamber of Deputies?
- The Senate can override presidential vetoes with a majority vote.
- The Senate has the power to approve top presidential appointments.
- The Senate plays a key role in executive policymaking.
The Senate has the power to approve top presidential appointments.
Which of the following statements about the da Silva administration’s foreign policy is accurate?
- International pressure forced it to institute radical protections for the Brazilian rain forest.
- It successfully prosecuted a case against the United States in the World Trade Organization.
- It supported the U.S.-backed plan for a Free Trade Area of the Americas.
It successfully prosecuted a case against the United States in the World Trade Organization.
Compared with Spanish America, Brazil’s relatively peaceful history can be attributed to:
a reasonably progressive monarchy.
What has been the relationship between the Bolsa Familia and the governmental politics of Brazil?
Current president Rousseff has benefitted from major support from the poor in Brazil’s north, which likely would not have happened without the Bolsa Familia.
Which of the following is true of Brazil’s participation in the regional trade agreement MERCOSUR?
- The formation of MERCOSUR required member countries to raise tariffs on imports from other members.
- Disputes over currency valuation between Brazil and Argentina have been the chief dispute within MERCOSUR.
- Brazil withdrew from MERCOSUR after allegations of currency fixing were leveled at the da Silva administration.
Disputes over currency valuation between Brazil and Argentina have been the chief dispute within MERCOSUR.
Slavery ended in Brazil:
peacefully, by royal decree.
Which of the following accurately describes Brazilian political culture?
- Just barely over half of Brazilians express satisfaction with democracy in their country.
- Brazilians have very low levels of confidence in political parties but are not ideologically polarized.
- Most Brazilians view democracy as preferable to any other system of government.
Brazilians have very low levels of confidence in political parties but are not ideologically polarized.
What has been the most controversial aspect of affirmative action in Brazil?
racial quotas at public universities
Democratization in Brazil during the 1980s resulted from:
a gradual, controlled process.
Brazil’s monarchy ended:
When a referendum voted against the monarchy
How do both the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB) and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) differ from the Democrats (DEM)?
Both lack a strong ideological orientation.
What has been a major problem for the Federal Supreme Court since the return of democracy?
A crushing caseload
Which of the following has been a result of the persistent lack of legislative majorities in Brazil?
- fewer uses of line-item vetoes
- reduced use of congressional hearings
- presidential legislating by emergency decree
presidential legislating by emergency decree
The Estado Nôvo was:
a dictatorial regime led by Vargas.
Which of the following statements about government corruption in Brazil is accurate?
- The electoral system forces high accountability for individual legislators, which pushes corruption into the executive.
- President Rousseff’s hard stance against corruption has been undermined by numerous corruption allegations against members of her cabinet.
- President Fernando Collor de Mello was ultimately impeached due to corruption charges.
President Rousseff’s hard stance against corruption has been undermined by numerous corruption allegations against members of her cabinet.
