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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. What is the world's chief fuel?

2. What labor force did the author eyewitness?

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

4. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

5. Who was the English monarch at the time of this incident?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jose Artigas and what did he accomplish?

2. What drove Spain to finance Columbus' expedition?

3. What is responsible for the collapse of Brazil's rubber industry?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why, according to the author, has the USA avoided many of the problems Latin America has faced?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Tupac Amaru? What were his ties to ancient Latin America? What causes did he champion? How did he meet his end?

Essay Topic 2

Slavery, today a moral abomination, has historically been a means to an end. What part did slavery play in the colonization of Latin America? How were slaves used for the import/export business of Latin America, run by Europeans? To what major historical events did slavery contribute? Is there slavery in Latin America today?

Essay Topic 3

What is protectionism? Has Latin American employed protectionism as a policy? Why or why not? What country or countries, according to the author, are the shining example of protectionism? How does protectionism work (or not work) as an economic policy?

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