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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. In which country did Emilian Zapata introduce radical agrarian reform?
(a) Western Peru.
(b) Northern Brazil.
(c) Central Honduras.
(d) Southen Mexico.

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

3. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1800.

4. What did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?
(a) He witnessed a falling meteorite.
(b) He witness an eclipse.
(c) He witnessed an avalanche.
(d) He witnessed a volcanic eruption.

5. If slaves arrived in the colony and were too ill to work, what happened to them?
(a) They were sent back to Africa to recover.
(b) They were taken to the plantation anyway.
(c) They were put in a hospital to recover.
(d) They were left on the ship's deck to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the key to success in the sugar industry?

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

3. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?

4. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?

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

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