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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. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?
(a) They each need very particular growing conditions.
(b) They are each rapidly falling in price and usefulness.
(c) They are each dark in color and used all over the world.
(d) They each foster higher profits for the consuming country than for the producing country.

2. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?
(a) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions have remained wealthy for hundreds of years.
(b) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions are Spanish.
(c) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions once experienced huge periods of economic boom.
(d) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions have remained poor for hundreds of years.

3. What analogy does Paul Baran use to explain the division of labor with the arrival of capitalism?
(a) The horseman and the horse.
(b) The mother and the son.
(c) The priest and his congregation.
(d) The actor and the audience.

4. To what does the author compare Latin America's capacity for surprise?
(a) Pandora's box.
(b) Fool's gold.
(c) A jack-in-the-box.
(d) Guerilla warfare.

5. For what industry is the USA most dependent on foreign imports?
(a) The ability to wage war.
(b) The textile industry.
(c) The meat and cattle industry.
(d) The paper industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?

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

3. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?

4. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

5. What was guano used for in Europe?

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