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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 must the USA purchase so many of its minerals abroad?
(a) The USA enjoys foreign trade.
(b) The USA cannot afford to mine its own mineral deposits.
(c) The USA lacks sufficient natural mineral deposits.
(d) The USA is controlled by Britain.

2. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?
(a) The concept of zero.
(b) The circumference of the earth.
(c) Pi.
(d) General relativity.

3. What area of Latin America was specifically photographed by a US geological survey?
(a) The Andes.
(b) Paraguay.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Amazonia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the export of guano help stave off in Europe?

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

3. What did John Thomas North and his partner Robert Harvey purchase for the war effort?

4. What labor force did the author eyewitness?

5. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

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