McCain and Obama argue about Colombia
Reading Comprehension Quiz
After watching the video extract from the 2008 U.S. Final Presidential Debate, answer the questions.
McCain and Obama debate about terrorism in Colombia
- FALSE
- TRUE
MacCain attacks Obama because he
- Supports the Free Trade Agreement with Colombia
- Opposes the Free Trade Agreement with Colombia
- Supports the Free Trade Agreement with Venezuela
- Opposes the Free Trade Agreement with Cuba
According to MacCain, Colombian goods and products:
- Go into the U.S for free
- Pay import taxes in the U.S
- Are not sold in the U.S
- Will pay taxes in the U.S
McCain says that the Free Trade Agreement with Colombia:
- Will help the U.S to find more oil and gas
- Will help Colombia to fight the FARC militants
- will help the U.S to create jobs
- Will help Colombia to fight durg trafficking
Obama opposes the Free trade agreement with Colombia because:
- Colombian labor leaders have been assassinated
- Colombian workers do not receive fair salaries
- Colombian workers are paid too high salaries
- There are too many labor unions in Colombia
For Obama, the defense of human rights is an important point when considering a free trade agreement between the U.S and other countries.
- FALSE
- TRUE
Barack Obama supported free trade agreement with Peru.
- FALSE
- TRUE
According to MacCain, Obama wants to talk with:
- Alvaro Uribe
- Hugo Chavez
- Evo Morales
- Alan Garcia
According to McCain, the Free Trade Agreement between the U.S and Colombia will be and opportunity to create jobs in the U.S.
- FALSE
- TRUE
According to Obama, the driver of the U.S. economy for the next century should be:
- Coal imports
- Oil exports
- clean energy approaches
- free trade agreements