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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through King Sugar and Other Agricultural Monarchs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?
(a) Salt.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

2. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?
(a) For his enemies in the south.
(b) For the god Tenochtitlan.
(c) For King Ferdinand himself.
(d) For the god Quetzalcoatl.

3. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Glass.
(d) Sugar.

4. What was the great Aztec capital city?
(a) Tenochtitlan.
(b) Virachoca.
(c) Montezuma.
(d) Quetzalcoatl.

5. What Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Granada.
(d) Salamanca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

2. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?

3. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?

4. What law did Juan Domingo Peron impose in Argentina in compliance with minimum wage?

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

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