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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 is expropriation?
(a) It is the tithe the Indians are expected to pay the government.
(b) It is the Indian's policies of attacking government outposts relentlessly.
(c) It is the government's practice of usurping the Indians and claiming their lands.
(d) It is the separation of the native peoples from the main population.

2. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?
(a) About half: the silver stimulated Spain's economy while also paying off the country's debt.
(b) Almost none: the silver went to pay Spain's debts to other countries.
(c) Exactly one-fourth: the numbers are recorded with exact precision.
(d) Almost all: the silver stayed in Spain an made the country rich.

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

4. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?
(a) China.
(b) Australia.
(c) India.
(d) Morocco.

5. What are the origins of the Indian women's style of dress?
(a) The styles were imposed in modern times by a fascist government.
(b) The styles were copied from peasant woman in Spain and imposed by Charles III.
(c) The styles were passed down through generations of native women.
(d) The styles were popularized by the Spanish nobility and worn by the natives as cast-offs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country is the top petroleum exporter in the world (at the time the book was written)?

3. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?

4. What was the key to success in the sugar industry?

5. In Haiti, what does the rainbow symbolize?

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