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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Premature Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what industry is the USA most dependent on foreign imports?
(a) The meat and cattle industry.
(b) The ability to wage war.
(c) The paper industry.
(d) The textile industry.

2. Who is Simon Ituri Patino?
(a) The Chilean King of Copper.
(b) The Bolivian King of Tin.
(c) The Argentine King of Cattle.
(d) The Brazilian King of Coffee.

3. What did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?
(a) He witnessed a volcanic eruption.
(b) He witnessed a falling meteorite.
(c) He witness an eclipse.
(d) He witnessed an avalanche.

4. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?
(a) For the god Tenochtitlan.
(b) For King Ferdinand himself.
(c) For his enemies in the south.
(d) For the god Quetzalcoatl.

5. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?
(a) Rodolfo Armas was the rightful President.
(b) Rodolfo Armas had plans for agrarian reform.
(c) Arevalo was rumored to be Communist.
(d) Arevalo was planning an invasion of the USA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is expropriation?

2. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

3. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?

4. Who was Tupac Amaru?

5. Who was Aleijadinho?

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