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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?
(a) For the god Quetzalcoatl.
(b) For King Ferdinand himself.
(c) For his enemies in the south.
(d) For the god Tenochtitlan.

2. What was the great Aztec capital city?
(a) Tenochtitlan.
(b) Quetzalcoatl.
(c) Virachoca.
(d) Montezuma.

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

4. Especially in Guatemala, what is the structure of the labor force visibly identified with?
(a) Minifundios.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Racism.

5. From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, what peoples were the center of the slave trade?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Australians.
(c) Irish.
(d) Africans.

6. What Hapsburg King of Spain was obsessed with religious wars, draining Spain's coffers and exploited Latin America?
(a) Henry VIII.
(b) Charles V.
(c) Ferdinand of Aragon.
(d) Louis XI.

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

8. Who was William Walker?
(a) He was a US assassin who made his way through Central America, eventually taking Panama for the Panama Canal.
(b) He was a Haitian revolutionary who led a rebellion against landowners.
(c) He was a US historian who sought to tell the truth about the history of Latin America.
(d) He was a British explorer who ventured deep into the Amazon.

9. What is the most universal health problem in Latin America?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Poor eyesight.
(c) Infectious disease.
(d) Malnutrition.

10. What was the key to success in the sugar industry?
(a) Temperate climate.
(b) Imported European workers.
(c) Plows.
(d) Slave traffic.

11. About how much of the price yielded by coffee going from Colombia to the US goes into the wages of the coffee workers?
(a) 10%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 0.5%
(d) 5%.

12. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?
(a) Glass.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wheat.

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

14. 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.

15. What resources caused the boom of the Minas Gerais region?
(a) Tin and iron.
(b) Oil and water.
(c) Silver and crystal.
(d) Gold and diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Columbus think he had landed, even during his third voyage?

2. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?

3. Who was Aleijadinho?

4. How did Asia acquire rubber tree seeds?

5. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?

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