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

2. Who is the "king of tin"?
(a) Simon Ituri Patino.
(b) John Thomas North.
(c) Tupac Amaru.
(d) Jose Manuel Balmaceda.

3. What analogy does Paul Baran use to explain the division of labor with the arrival of capitalism?
(a) The priest and his congregation.
(b) The actor and the audience.
(c) The mother and the son.
(d) The horseman and the horse.

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

5. What is the world's chief fuel?
(a) Iron.
(b) Copper.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. If slaves arrived in the colony and were too ill to work, what happened to them?

2. Especially in Guatemala, what is the structure of the labor force visibly identified with?

3. What did John Thomas North and his partner Robert Harvey purchase for the war effort?

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

5. Who was Guatemalan tyrant Jorge Ubico's idol?

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