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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the environmental problems with many of Latin America's cash crops?
(a) Coffee, sugarcane, and cotton are primarily consumed by the farmers.
(b) Many of the cash crops are eaten by animals.
(c) Coffee, sugarcane, and cotton all require mass deforestation.
(d) Many of the cash crops are failing and leaving large swaths of empty land.

3. What labor force did the author eyewitness?
(a) The rubber plantations of Brazil.
(b) The oil refineries of Uruguay.
(c) The tin mines of Bolivia.
(d) The silver mines of Potosi.

4. What area of Latin America was specifically photographed by a US geological survey?
(a) Amazonia.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) The Andes.
(d) Paraguay.

5. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?
(a) The native peoples of the New World.
(b) England's monarch.
(c) Businessmen or the conquistadors themselves.
(d) The state or government.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does imperialist capital capture foreign markets?

2. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?

3. In which country did Emilian Zapata introduce radical agrarian reform?

4. What does the author name as a chief concern within Latin American countries?

5. How many votes does Latin America have in the World Bank?

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