Political Systems, Regimes, and Governments
What type of political system does Mexico have, characterized by a separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
What is a federal republic?
Which Mexican president is known for nationalizing the oil industry in 1938, asserting state control over natural resources?
Who is Lázaro Cárdenas?
What is the name of Mexico’s bicameral legislature?
What is the Congress of the Union?
Which major Mexican political party, founded in 1989, is known for its center-right policies?
What is the National Action Party (PAN)?
What trade agreement, signed in 1994, significantly altered Mexico’s economic landscape by reducing trade barriers with the United States and Canada?
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
In what year did Mexico transition to a multi-party democracy, moving away from decades of single-party rule by the PRI?
what is 2000?
What is the name of Mexico’s national oil company, established as a result of the oil nationalization?
What is PEMEX?
The lower house of Mexico's Congress is known by what name?
What is the Chamber of Deputies?
Which leftist political party in Mexico, founded in 2014, has roots in social movements and labor unions?
What is the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA)?
What is the name of the 2018 agreement that replaced NAFTA?
What is the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)?
Name the document that serves as the supreme law of Mexico, outlining the structure of its government and the rights of its citizens.
What is the Constitution of 1917?
Which movement, emerging in 1994 in the state of Chiapas, challenged the authority of the Mexican government and sought greater indigenous rights?
What is the Zapatista movement?
The upper house of Mexico’s Congress is known by what name?
What is the Senate?
What is the annual event on September 16th that celebrates Mexico’s independence from Spanish rule?
What is Independence Day?
Which president initiated major neoliberal economic reforms in the 1980s, including privatization and deregulation?
Who is Carlos Salinas de Gortari?
Which institution in Mexico is responsible for overseeing and organizing federal elections?
What is the National Electoral Institute (INE)?
What is the term for the period of dominance by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from 1929 to 2000?
What is the PRI hegemony?
Who is the current president of Mexico, as of 2023?
Who is Andrés Manuel López Obrador?
What term describes the compulsory system in Mexico where citizens are required to vote?
What is compulsory voting?
What economic crisis in 1994-1995 led to a major devaluation of the peso and required a large international bailout?
What is the Tequila Crisis?
Identify the term used to describe Mexico’s form of government, where power is shared between a central government and various regional governments.
What is federalism?
Which concept describes the informal system of patron-client networks prevalent in Mexican politics, where favors and services are exchanged for political support?
What is clientelism?
What is the term length for a Mexican senator?
What is six years?
What major city in Mexico is known for hosting large-scale protests and political demonstrations, often at the Zócalo?
What is Mexico City?
What term refers to the informal sector of the economy in Mexico, which includes unregulated and untaxed employment?
What is the informal economy?