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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Premature Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author think behaves as a world policeman?
(a) The USA.
(b) Spain.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Britain.

2. What area's maps were given to private concerns with the aid of a US government geological survey?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) The Andes.
(c) Amazonia.
(d) Uruguay.

3. How long did it take to squander the nitrate deposits in Peru?
(a) Hundreds of years.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Exactly 10.5 years.
(d) Just a few years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

2. What is silicosis?

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

4. What is the world's chief fuel?

5. What is a tojo?

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