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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lust for Gold, Lust for Silver.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Silver.
(c) Tin.
(d) Gold.

2. What Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Salamanca.
(d) Granada.

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

4. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?
(a) One-third of the population died.
(b) Only ten people died.
(c) Over half of the population died.
(d) One-sixteenth of the population died.

5. What analogy does Paul Baran use to explain the division of labor with the arrival of capitalism?
(a) The actor and the audience.
(b) The mother and the son.
(c) The priest and his congregation.
(d) The horseman and the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?

2. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?

3. What year did Columbus "discover" America?

4. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

5. What did Haitians do to avoid forced labor in the mines?

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