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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author feel that the USA was not plundered like Latin America?
(a) The USA had the firepower and manpower to fight back.
(b) The USA struck a deal with its potential conquerors.
(c) The USA initially did not have natural resources attractive to the international market.
(d) The USA was settled a long time after Latin America was settled.

2. How, in the 1800s, did Britain pay for most of its Latin American goods?
(a) It paid with gold.
(b) It paid with silver.
(c) It paid with carbonate.
(d) It paid with textiles.

3. What practice have Protestant church missionaries encouraged to Amazonian peoples?
(a) Dental braces.
(b) Eye exams.
(c) Boiling water.
(d) Birth control.

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

5. How much has Caracas grown in thirty years?
(a) .5%.
(b) 550%.
(c) 700%.
(d) 20%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "tied aid"?

2. Who was the person to coin the phrase "knowledge is power"?

3. What area of Latin America was specifically photographed by a US geological survey?

4. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?

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

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