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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Concerning petroleum, where is the most money to be made?
(a) The most money is made for the consuming country.
(b) The most money is made for the middleman.
(c) The most money is made for the producing country.
(d) The most money is made for the laborer.

2. How did Asia acquire rubber tree seeds?
(a) Chinese merchants came to Brazil and took the seeds back.
(b) The trees were discovered deep in the forest.
(c) Christopher Columbus took seeds back for Ferdinand and Isabella.
(d) Henry Wickham smuggled seeds out of Brazil.

3. What was the key to success in the sugar industry?
(a) Imported European workers.
(b) Plows.
(c) Slave traffic.
(d) Temperate climate.

4. Which two Latin American countries have the highest infant mortality rates?
(a) Haiti and Bolivia.
(b) Argentina and Brazil.
(c) Panama and Mexico.
(d) Uruguay and Paraguay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Brazil, what was Law 56,570, passed on July 6, 1965?

2. After the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, who eventually claimed the land Paraguay won in the conflict?

3. What monies has the banking industry diverted from Latin America?

4. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?

5. What is "tied aid"?

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