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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?

2. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?

3. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?

4. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?

5. What was the great Aztec capital city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What drove Spain to finance Columbus' expedition?

2. What caused the collapse of the Chilean nitrate trade?

3. Today, what resource is mined in Minas Gerais, and by whom?

4. Who were the miners of Minas Gerais, and where did they come from?

5. What was discovered in the Minas Gerais region?

6. Though coffee and petroleum are invaluable on a world market, why does Latin America still not profit from having these resources in abundance?

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

8. What is silicosis?

9. What illegal activity costs Brazil upwards of $100 million a year?

10. What caused the War of the Pacific, 1879-1893?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the major problems Latin American faces economically? Politically? Socially? Internationally? Can you see any way to mend these problems? Choose two Latin American countries and explain how their societies could change for the better.

Essay Topic 2

Think about the phrase "History repeats itself." Do you think history really repeat itself? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your argument. Include specific cases in Latin American history.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Jose Artigas? What is agrarian reform? What policies did he attempt to put into place? What world forces did he oppose? What was the agrarian reform of 1815? What ultimately happened to Artigas? How is Artigas view in Latin America today?

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