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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 nickname does the author give the USA?

2. What was guano used for in Europe?

3. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?

4. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?

5. How much did foreign capitalists pay per acre for a huge tract of land in the Amazon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the technological accomplishments of the original inhabitants of Latin American--the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs.

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

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

4. What was discovered in the Minas Gerais region?

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

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

7. Why was a US government geological survey conducted of the Brazilian Amazon?

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

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

10. What is "expropriation"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one section of the novel to research in depth. Create a 5+ page research paper detailing all the events of the section. Be sure to explain why the section has been included in the novel and how it pertains to the work as a whole

Essay Topic 2

Why has the USA historically benefited by "not being important," while Latin America's fate has been seal by its importance? What kinds of resources are found in Latin America that are not found in the USA? In the beginning, how was the colonization of the USA different from the colonization of Latin America? Name radical differences in the economic policies of the USA and Latin America.

Essay Topic 3

The author has a powerful point of view throughout the text. Choose three specific instances that you feel the author is making his voice clear. What are his opinions throughout the work? How are is points effective for the reader?

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