Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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

Eduardo Galeano
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lust for Gold, Lust for Silver.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?
(a) 3.5 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) None.
(d) 15 million.

2. What Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?
(a) Granada.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Salamanca.

3. Who was Tupac Amaru?
(a) He was a Mayan chief who led the people out of occupied Cuzco.
(b) He was a mestizo chief and a descendant of the Incas who led a rebellion in Cuzco.
(c) He was a Spanish soldier who defected to the natives.
(d) He was a Spanish general who conquered the natives in Cuzco.

4. 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 mother and the son.
(c) The actor and the audience.
(d) The horseman and the horse.

5. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Salt.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without its acquisition of Brazilian gold from Portugal, what major conflict would England surely have lost?

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

3. Who was Aleijadinho?

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

5. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?

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