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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Premature Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Haitians do to avoid forced labor in the mines?
(a) They rebelled and drove the Spaniards away.
(b) They committed mass suicide.
(c) They ran away and resettled.
(d) They poisoned the Spanish in great numbers.

2. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?
(a) It granted protection to the Indians.
(b) It allowed Portugal to teach the Indians religion.
(c) It declared war on France for illegal occupation.
(d) It allowed Portugal to occupy certain Latin American territories.

3. What year did Columbus "discover" America?
(a) 1329.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1542.
(d) 1492.

4. What is a tojo?
(a) A loose rock overhead in a mine.
(b) A kind of shipping arrangement between importers and exporters.
(c) A Paraguayan peasant.
(d) A particular type of cattle.

5. What replaced nitrates as the pillar of Chile's economy?
(a) Hides.
(b) Textiles.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area of Latin America was specifically photographed by a US geological survey?

2. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?

3. What area's maps were given to private concerns with the aid of a US government geological survey?

4. What Hapsburg King of Spain was obsessed with religious wars, draining Spain's coffers and exploited Latin America?

5. Who was the English monarch at the time of this incident?

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