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

2. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?
(a) A manganese war between Brazil and Argentina.
(b) An Indian-rights war between Chile and Peru.
(c) A petroleum-sparked war between Bolivia and Paraguay.
(d) A silver-sparked war between Argentina and Ecuador.

3. If slaves arrived in the colony and were too ill to work, what happened to them?
(a) They were left on the ship's deck to die.
(b) They were put in a hospital to recover.
(c) They were taken to the plantation anyway.
(d) They were sent back to Africa to recover.

4. Which country has the best chance of establishing a Common Market of Latin America?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Uruguay.

5. What does IMF stand for?
(a) International Monetary Fund.
(b) Intercontinental Movement Focus.
(c) Interposing Malaga's Forests.
(d) Istabul's Major Front.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?

2. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?

3. What country basically owns the Central American banana industry?

4. How did Asia acquire rubber tree seeds?

5. How did the USA attempt to curtail Brazil's petroleum trade?

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