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

Eduardo Galeano
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

Eduardo Galeano
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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. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?
(a) Over half of the population died.
(b) One-sixteenth of the population died.
(c) Only ten people died.
(d) One-third of the population died.

2. What region is the world's top coffee producer?
(a) Australia.
(b) Latin America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Africa.

3. What country basically owns the Central American banana industry?
(a) The USA.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Spain.
(d) Portugal.

4. After the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, who eventually claimed the land Paraguay won in the conflict?
(a) Brazil.
(b) The USA.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Argentina.

5. Who was Guatemalan tyrant Jorge Ubico's idol?
(a) King Ferdinand of Spain.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Himmler.
(d) Henry V.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Latin American countries were involved in the War of the Pacific?

2. How did the USA attempt to curtail Brazil's petroleum trade?

3. What is silicosis?

4. What law did Juan Domingo Peron impose in Argentina in compliance with minimum wage?

5. What states, originally belonging to Mexico, did the USA claim?

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