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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?
(a) Rodolfo Armas had plans for agrarian reform.
(b) Arevalo was rumored to be Communist.
(c) Rodolfo Armas was the rightful President.
(d) Arevalo was planning an invasion of the USA.

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

3. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?
(a) Asia.
(b) Australia.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) Finland.

4. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.
(b) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.
(c) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.
(d) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?

2. What did Haitians do to avoid forced labor in the mines?

3. Who was Tupac Amaru?

4. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was guano, or nitrate, so valuable to Europeans?

2. What is the significance of the rainbow in Haiti?

3. Who was John Thomas North and what did he do?

4. How did the USA attempt to discourage the world market from purchasing oil from Brazil?

5. What drove Spain to finance Columbus' expedition?

6. What were some of the major accomplishments, etc, that Latin American sugar and slave trade contributed to directly?

7. Who was Emiliano Zapata and what did he accomplish?

8. Compare modern-day Potosi to the silver-rush Potosi.

9. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo, who as President of Guatemala instituted new and better educational and labor standards, overthrown?

10. How has the coffee industry hurt the people of Latin America?

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