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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does imperialist capital capture foreign markets?
(a) They capture from within.
(b) They capture from outside.
(c) They capture from the sea.
(d) They capture from the forest.

2. What does Alcoa stand for?
(a) The Aluminum Company of America.
(b) The Arbitrary Concerns of America.
(c) The Andean Living Confederates of America.
(d) The Argentine Life Coalition of America.

3. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?
(a) 10 million dollars.
(b) 25 million dollars.
(c) 5 million dollars.
(d) 50 million dollars.

4. 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.

5. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?
(a) They claimed the Indians enjoyed the work.
(b) They declared the Indians owed them labor because of their defeat in the war.
(c) They denied that Indians had souls, and therefore were no better than beasts of burden.
(d) They would share the wealth with the Indians eventually.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Brazil, what was Law 56,570, passed on July 6, 1965?

2. What great innovations did the sugar slave trade directly fund?

3. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?

4. What metaphor does the author use to describe industry in Latin America?

5. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?

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