Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Eduardo Galeano
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Eduardo Galeano
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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 kind of development is currently characteristic in Latin America?
(a) Reflected development.
(b) Literary development.
(c) Mandatory development.
(d) Artistic development.

2. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?
(a) It granted protection to the Indians.
(b) It allowed Portugal to occupy certain Latin American territories.
(c) It allowed Portugal to teach the Indians religion.
(d) It declared war on France for illegal occupation.

3. What was Order 289 of 1965 in Brazil?
(a) It was an order to strike on Panama, in protest of the canal.
(b) It was an order which allowed foreign concerns to get loans at 7 or 8% interest.
(c) It was an order demanding foreigners pay up to 50% in interest.
(d) It was an order demanding the ban of the text.

4. From where does imperialist capital capture foreign markets?
(a) They capture from the forest.
(b) They capture from outside.
(c) They capture from the sea.
(d) They capture from within.

5. What resources caused the boom of the Minas Gerais region?
(a) Oil and water.
(b) Gold and diamonds.
(c) Silver and crystal.
(d) Tin and iron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of Latin American loans are provided by the USA?

2. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?

3. Because of a deal with the USA, in how many years may Brazil run out of manganese for its own steel industry?

4. What is guano?

5. What is the chief fuel of the modern world?

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