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

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

3. What states, originally belonging to Mexico, did the USA claim?
(a) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky.
(b) Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida.
(c) Texas, California, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada.
(d) Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut.

4. Especially in Guatemala, what is the structure of the labor force visibly identified with?
(a) Racism.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Minifundios.
(d) Wealth.

5. What was the key to success in the sugar industry?
(a) Slave traffic.
(b) Plows.
(c) Imported European workers.
(d) Temperate climate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?

2. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?

3. What Aztec innovation in Mexico City is still visited by tourists today?

4. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?

5. What resources caused the boom of the Minas Gerais region?

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