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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. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?
(a) One-one hundredth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-sixteenth.
(d) One-half.

2. What was the first Latin American country to install an oil refinery?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Uruguay.

3. What is a tojo?
(a) A Paraguayan peasant.
(b) A loose rock overhead in a mine.
(c) A kind of shipping arrangement between importers and exporters.
(d) A particular type of cattle.

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

5. What practice have Protestant church missionaries encouraged to Amazonian peoples?
(a) Eye exams.
(b) Birth control.
(c) Boiling water.
(d) Dental braces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Juan Vicente Gomez?

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

3. Who was the nitrate King?

4. Where is the copper in Chile located?

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

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