Executive Branch
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Political institutions
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100
The most dominant of the three branches in Mexico
What is the Executive branch
100
The upper chamber of Congress comprosised of 128 members, 96 of which are directly elected
What is the Senate (Cámara de Senadores or Senado)
100
The trade agreement signed between Mexico, the US, and Canada
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA
100
The three largest political parties in Mexico today
What are the PRI, PRD, and PAN
100
The year Mexico's constitution was signed
What is 1917
200
The current Mexican President
Who is Enrique Peña Nieto
200
The lower house of Congress comprosied of 500 members
What is the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados).
200
Growth to a global or worldwide scale by a country
What is Globalization
200
The electoral system in which the president is elected
What is Plurality or "first past the post"
200
This political party had control of Mexican politics for over 70 years
What is the PRI
300
The length of the Presidents term
What is a Sexenio, or six years
300
The highest court in Mexico of which its judges are appointed for life
What is the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación)
300
The governments ability to enforce or authorize laws (Mexico's corruption has led to a decrease in this)
What is Legitimacy
300
Central authoritarian rule that allows input from interest groups outside of government
What is state corporatist structure
300
The year political control fully shifted in Mexico
What is 2000
400
The first President to defeat the PRI in an election
Who is Vicente Fox
400
A system in which two different factions trade favors, one usually being more dominant than the other, to gain political advantage
What is the Patron-client system
400
An increase of troops and federal agents in mexico and ultimately an increase in violence in most areas, especially border towns
What was Felipe Calderon's solution to the war on drugs
400
The modern version of state corporatism, which emerged in the late 19th century in authoritarian systems
What is Neo-Corporatism
400
The most practiced religion in Mexico
What is Roman Catholicism
500
The term used to describe how the much power the President has
What is Presidencialismo
500
Government owned agencies that provide goods and services normally provied by private individuals. One example being "PEMEX"
What are Para-Statals
500
A manufacturing zone for cheap labor created just south of the border with the United States
What is Maquiladora
500
A system that grants land from the Mexican government to peasant organizations
What is the ejido system
500
Early 19th century leaders that helped define what Patron-clientelism is today
What are Caudillos
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