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

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

3. What great innovations did the sugar slave trade directly fund?
(a) The invention of the automobile.
(b) The Spanish trade route.
(c) Britain's Great Western Railway.
(d) The Aztec Temples.

4. Who was the English monarch at the time of this incident?
(a) Queen Victoria, after which claimed Bolivia no longer existed.
(b) King Henry VIII, after which congratulated Melgarejo on being creative.
(c) King George I, who declared war on Bolivia.
(d) Queen Elizabeth II, who ignored the incident.

5. What did the export of guano help stave off in Europe?
(a) Disease.
(b) War.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Annoyance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two Latin American countries have the highest infant mortality rates?

2. What was guano used for in Europe?

3. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?

4. What did Mariano Melgarejo force a British ambassador to drink as punishment for sneering at the local chichas?

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

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