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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. Which countries were involved in the War of the Pacific, 1879?
(a) Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
(b) Venezuela, Ecuador, and Paraguay.
(c) Haiti, Guatemala, and Nicaragua,
(d) Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

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

3. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?
(a) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions have remained wealthy for hundreds of years.
(b) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions once experienced huge periods of economic boom.
(c) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions are Spanish.
(d) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions have remained poor for hundreds of years.

4. What is the Haber process?
(a) A process by which Bolivia vowed to uphold.
(b) A process that produces nitrate by fixing nitrogen from the air.
(c) A process by which iron is purified.
(d) A process that economically could fix Brazil.

5. For what is guano used?
(a) As decoration.
(b) As fertilizer.
(c) As coolant.
(d) As medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

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

3. What year did Columbus "discover" America?

4. How much of Latin America was predicted to be in foreign creditors' hands by 1980?

5. What metaphor does the author use for Latin American "aid"?

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