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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. What states, originally belonging to Mexico, did the USA claim?
(a) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky.
(b) Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida.
(c) Texas, California, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada.
(d) Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut.

2. How much of Mexico did the USA conquer with Texas?
(a) One-third.
(b) Half.
(c) All.
(d) None.

3. What is dynamic industry?
(a) The production of intermediate and capital goods.
(b) The manufacture of colored dyes.
(c) The production of foreign goods.
(d) The process of making dynamite.

4. From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, what peoples were the center of the slave trade?
(a) Africans.
(b) Irish.
(c) Australians.
(d) Chinese.

5. What is "tied aid"?
(a) It is a method of dyeing colorful patterns on clothing.
(b) It gives Latin America tax breaks.
(c) It is a British policy whereupon the USA is blockaded.
(d) It bestows a general subsidy on US exports.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which country did Emilian Zapata introduce radical agrarian reform?

2. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?

3. What metaphor does the author use to describe industry in Latin America?

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

5. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

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