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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. At what point in time did US interests begin taking over Latin America, replacing European interests?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) 1963.
(c) The War of the Triple Alliance.
(d) World War II.

2. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?
(a) One-one hundredth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-sixteenth.
(d) One-half.

3. Who does the author think behaves as a world policeman?
(a) Britain.
(b) Brazil.
(c) The USA.
(d) Spain.

4. Where is the copper in Chile located?
(a) Under the seabed.
(b) In the forest floors.
(c) At the very tops of the mountains.
(d) Along the Andean slopes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "Capitalist Manifesto", what natural code governs human life?

2. The bourgeois' attempt at creating national industry has had a short and low flight, like a __________.

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

4. What is a "trade gap"?

5. For what industry is the USA most dependent on foreign imports?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the USA get the Haitian ambassador to change his vote at an OAS conference?

2. What is Brazil's relationship to Paraguay?

3. What is protectionism?

4. How, in Argentina, are political and economic revolutionaries dealt with?

5. Has the nationalization of oil been beneficial for Venezuela?

6. Why hasn't the industrialization of Latin American benefitted the countries?

7. Why did the USA begin to take over interests in Latin America?

8. How have foreign loans kept Latin America indebted to foreigners?

9. According to the author, how do Latin American countries still identify themselves?

10. Why do Latin American governments do nothing about all their funds flowing into foreign banks?

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