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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. Who was Guatemalan tyrant Jorge Ubico's idol?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) King Ferdinand of Spain.
(c) Himmler.
(d) Henry V.

2. Who was William Walker?
(a) He was a Haitian revolutionary who led a rebellion against landowners.
(b) He was a US historian who sought to tell the truth about the history of Latin America.
(c) He was a British explorer who ventured deep into the Amazon.
(d) He was a US assassin who made his way through Central America, eventually taking Panama for the Panama Canal.

3. What is the world's chief fuel?
(a) Water.
(b) Iron.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Copper.

4. What labor force did the author eyewitness?
(a) The oil refineries of Uruguay.
(b) The tin mines of Bolivia.
(c) The rubber plantations of Brazil.
(d) The silver mines of Potosi.

5. What is a "trade gap"?
(a) The trading opportunities that are being missed between the east and west.
(b) The difference between import needs and the income from exports.
(c) The deficit in the US economy.
(d) The gap between the pier and the boat when transporting goods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "king of tin"?

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

3. At what point in time did US interests begin taking over Latin America, replacing European interests?

4. What great innovations did the sugar slave trade directly fund?

5. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?

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