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

2. 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.

3. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?
(a) Exactly one-fourth: the numbers are recorded with exact precision.
(b) Almost all: the silver stayed in Spain an made the country rich.
(c) About half: the silver stimulated Spain's economy while also paying off the country's debt.
(d) Almost none: the silver went to pay Spain's debts to other countries.

4. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.
(b) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.
(c) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.
(d) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.

5. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?
(a) Businessmen or the conquistadors themselves.
(b) England's monarch.
(c) The native peoples of the New World.
(d) The state or government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?

2. What are the origins of the Indian women's style of dress?

3. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

4. What is expropriation?

5. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?

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