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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. How many votes does Latin America have in the World Bank?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) None.
(c) One-sixteen.
(d) One-tenth.

2. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?
(a) The native peoples of the New World.
(b) England's monarch.
(c) The state or government.
(d) Businessmen or the conquistadors themselves.

3. What is guano?
(a) Bird excrement.
(b) A traditional delicacy.
(c) Brazilian currency.
(d) A specific type of poncho.

4. Especially in Guatemala, what is the structure of the labor force visibly identified with?
(a) Racism.
(b) Minifundios.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Wealth.

5. Who was Tupac Amaru?
(a) He was a Mayan chief who led the people out of occupied Cuzco.
(b) He was a Spanish general who conquered the natives in Cuzco.
(c) He was a Spanish soldier who defected to the natives.
(d) He was a mestizo chief and a descendant of the Incas who led a rebellion in Cuzco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Juan Vicente Gomez?

2. What percentage of Latin American loans are provided by the USA?

3. What are the environmental problems with many of Latin America's cash crops?

4. Why must the USA purchase so many of its minerals abroad?

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

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