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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through King Sugar and Other Agricultural Monarchs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Haiti, what does the rainbow symbolize?
(a) The rainbow symbolizes the victory in the Haitian Civil War.
(b) The rainbow symbolizes the largest sugar harvest on record anywhere in the world.
(c) The rainbow symbolizes slaves who escaped to the west side of the island and reconstructed their African way of life.
(d) The rainbow symbolizes the European ships that came to take the Africans to Haiti so long ago.

2. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?
(a) Gold.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Silver.
(d) Tin.

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

4. Who was William Walker?
(a) He was a Haitian revolutionary who led a rebellion against landowners.
(b) He was a US historian who sought to tell the truth about the history of Latin America.
(c) He was a US assassin who made his way through Central America, eventually taking Panama for the Panama Canal.
(d) He was a British explorer who ventured deep into the Amazon.

5. If slaves arrived in the colony and were too ill to work, what happened to them?
(a) They were taken to the plantation anyway.
(b) They were sent back to Africa to recover.
(c) They were put in a hospital to recover.
(d) They were left on the ship's deck to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of the 70,000 Guatemalans that die each year, how many are children?

2. In which country did Emilian Zapata introduce radical agrarian reform?

3. Who was Aleijadinho?

4. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?

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

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