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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. Who was Tupac Amaru?
(a) He was a Mayan chief who led the people out of occupied Cuzco.
(b) He was a Spanish soldier who defected to the natives.
(c) He was a mestizo chief and a descendant of the Incas who led a rebellion in Cuzco.
(d) He was a Spanish general who conquered the natives in Cuzco.

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

3. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?
(a) Asia.
(b) Australia.
(c) Finland.
(d) Indonesia.

4. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?
(a) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions are Spanish.
(b) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions have remained wealthy for hundreds of years.
(c) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions have remained poor for hundreds of years.
(d) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions once experienced huge periods of economic boom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?

2. What did John Thomas North and his partner Robert Harvey purchase for the war effort?

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

4. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?

5. Out of the 70,000 Guatemalans that die each year, how many are children?

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