ITE 115 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following statements best describes the first couple of decades after the triumph of
liberalism in Latin America? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Landowners and the urban middle-class
peaople prospered, but the life of the rural majority barely improved
Why do historians place the neocolonial period between 1880 and 1930? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Because of the strong foreign influence
How did social hierarchies change in Latin America in terms of social hierarchies as a result of liberal
policies? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅hierarical relation of race and class remained the norm
Where did 90 percent of all Latin American exports go during the neocolonial period? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅europe and america
Which crop dominated Brazilian export by the early 1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅coffee
Who were the direct beneficiaries of the export boom? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the large
landowners
Which of the following Mexican groups had the most to lose during the neocolonial period? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅people of indigenous descent
By 1910, the year that the Mexican Revolution started, what percentage of Mexicans owned land? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅3 percent
Which crop dominated Cuban export by the early 1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅sugar
What happened to the indigenous people of the Andes during the neocolonial period? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅they lost their village lands
, Why were so many nations in Central America referred to as "Banana Republics" by the early 1900s? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅entire cities were built in response to the demand for bananas
What was the name of the most important banana company in Central America? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅unified fruit
What statement best describes a typical Latin American city by the end of the nineteenth century? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅cities were commercial, administrative and service centers
Throughout Latin America, what segments of a country's population controlled politics and wealth until
the mid-1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the rural elites
Why were the large landowners the primary and direct beneficiaries of the export boom? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅the values of their properties rose
In terms of politics, what did the ruling elite advocate for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅they believed in
law and order where only the most qualified would govern
What statement best describes "positivism"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅french doctrine that
recommends a belief in authoritarian medicine to achieve and progress
Which were the two most urbanized and literate countries in Latin America? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Argentina and Uraguay
What was the role of the United States in relation to Latin America during the entire nineteenth
century? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The United States had a strong say on all the political and
economic decisions Latin American countries made throughout the entire century.??
What type of relationship did the United States and Cuba establish by signing the Platt Amendment? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cuba became a protectorate of the United States.
Which of the following statements best describes the first couple of decades after the triumph of
liberalism in Latin America? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Landowners and the urban middle-class
peaople prospered, but the life of the rural majority barely improved
Why do historians place the neocolonial period between 1880 and 1930? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Because of the strong foreign influence
How did social hierarchies change in Latin America in terms of social hierarchies as a result of liberal
policies? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅hierarical relation of race and class remained the norm
Where did 90 percent of all Latin American exports go during the neocolonial period? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅europe and america
Which crop dominated Brazilian export by the early 1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅coffee
Who were the direct beneficiaries of the export boom? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the large
landowners
Which of the following Mexican groups had the most to lose during the neocolonial period? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅people of indigenous descent
By 1910, the year that the Mexican Revolution started, what percentage of Mexicans owned land? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅3 percent
Which crop dominated Cuban export by the early 1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅sugar
What happened to the indigenous people of the Andes during the neocolonial period? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅they lost their village lands
, Why were so many nations in Central America referred to as "Banana Republics" by the early 1900s? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅entire cities were built in response to the demand for bananas
What was the name of the most important banana company in Central America? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅unified fruit
What statement best describes a typical Latin American city by the end of the nineteenth century? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅cities were commercial, administrative and service centers
Throughout Latin America, what segments of a country's population controlled politics and wealth until
the mid-1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the rural elites
Why were the large landowners the primary and direct beneficiaries of the export boom? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅the values of their properties rose
In terms of politics, what did the ruling elite advocate for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅they believed in
law and order where only the most qualified would govern
What statement best describes "positivism"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅french doctrine that
recommends a belief in authoritarian medicine to achieve and progress
Which were the two most urbanized and literate countries in Latin America? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Argentina and Uraguay
What was the role of the United States in relation to Latin America during the entire nineteenth
century? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The United States had a strong say on all the political and
economic decisions Latin American countries made throughout the entire century.??
What type of relationship did the United States and Cuba establish by signing the Platt Amendment? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Cuba became a protectorate of the United States.
