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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Latin America make up for what it loses in price?
(a) Export.
(b) Quantity.
(c) Land wars.
(d) Dictatorships.

2. Which US President announced a policy of human rights for Latin America?
(a) President William Taft.
(b) President Henry Ford.
(c) President George Washington.
(d) President Jimmy Carter.

3. Mexican cattle consume more _________ than the campesinos who tend to them?
(a) Grass.
(b) Air.
(c) Protein.
(d) Land.

4. What major company quickened the downfall of Brazilian tape factory Adesite?
(a) Scotch Tape.
(b) TJ Max.
(c) Mead Johnson Tape.
(d) Alcoa.

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.

6. What is guano?
(a) A specific type of poncho.
(b) A traditional delicacy.
(c) Bird excrement.
(d) Brazilian currency.

7. What country has recently admitted to fault in many military situations in Latin America?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) The USA.
(d) Australia.

8. What is silicosis?
(a) A disease of the lungs caused by working in tin mines.
(b) A process by which nitrates are pulled out of the air.
(c) A phrase the gauchos use when discussing cattle.
(d) An economic policy that promotes nationalization.

9. In the 1800s, what country was the chief importer into Latin America?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Spain.
(c) The USA.
(d) Britain.

10. What replaced nitrates as the pillar of Chile's economy?
(a) Hides.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Copper.

11. What monies has the banking industry diverted from Latin America?
(a) Its hedge funds.
(b) Its checking accounts.
(c) Its loan interest.
(d) Its savings.

12. What kind of development is currently characteristic in Latin America?
(a) Mandatory development.
(b) Artistic development.
(c) Literary development.
(d) Reflected development.

13. What percentage of their wages did Haitians lose between 1971 and 1975?
(a) 25%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 1.5%.

14. From where does Galeano think that modern-day slavers operate?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Slaves ships.
(c) Ivory towers.
(d) Ministries of labor.

15. In 1962, how did the US secure the Haitian delegate's vote at the OAS conference?
(a) By promising Haiti an airport.
(b) By taking him out to dinner.
(c) By boycotting Haitian products.
(d) By asking nicely.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Argentina, what often happens to the politically outspoken?

2. What does the Volkswagen affiliate in Sweden do for every car it sells?

3. In the January 1978 referendum, where did one place a cross if one voted "no" for Pinochet?

4. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?

5. At what point in time did US interests begin taking over Latin America, replacing European interests?

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