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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through he Invisible Sources of Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the great Aztec capital city?
(a) Tenochtitlan.
(b) Quetzalcoatl.
(c) Montezuma.
(d) Virachoca.

2. Because of a deal with the USA, in how many years may Brazil run out of manganese for its own steel industry?
(a) 5.
(b) 100.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

3. How did the USA attempt to curtail Brazil's petroleum trade?
(a) They asked Brazil nicely not to sell to anyone else.
(b) They declared war and took all the oil fields.
(c) They provided oil to rival countries.
(d) They gave Brazilian oil a grade "C."

4. What illegal practice drains Brazil of more than $100 million a year?
(a) Smuggling.
(b) Filibusters.
(c) Polygamy.
(d) Forgery.

5. What Aztec innovation in Mexico City is still visited by tourists today?
(a) The pyramids of Cairo.
(b) The great sundial.
(c) The floating gardens.
(d) The golden mask.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?

2. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?

3. What year did Columbus "discover" America?

4. What do miners chew to counteract some effects of working in the tin mines?

5. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?

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