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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. What famous saying was associated with Guanajuato?
(a) "Gold and silver to be had, for a price."
(b) "A city of wisdom."
(c) "A stitch in time saves nine."
(d) "Father a merchant, son a gentleman, grandson a beggar."

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

3. How many votes, compared to the USA, do Latin American countries have in IMF?
(a) More than half.
(b) More than two-thirds.
(c) Less than half.
(d) 13.

4. From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, what peoples were the center of the slave trade?
(a) Africans.
(b) Irish.
(c) Australians.
(d) Chinese.

5. What is silicosis?
(a) A process by which nitrates are pulled out of the air.
(b) A phrase the gauchos use when discussing cattle.
(c) A disease of the lungs caused by working in tin mines.
(d) An economic policy that promotes nationalization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?

2. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?

3. What nickname does the author give the USA?

4. How did the USA attempt to curtail Brazil's petroleum trade?

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

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