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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. Without its acquisition of Brazilian gold from Portugal, what major conflict would England surely have lost?
(a) The American Revolutionary War.
(b) The Spanish War.
(c) The Hundred Years' War.
(d) The Napoleonic War.

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

3. What are the origins of the Indian women's style of dress?
(a) The styles were copied from peasant woman in Spain and imposed by Charles III.
(b) The styles were imposed in modern times by a fascist government.
(c) The styles were passed down through generations of native women.
(d) The styles were popularized by the Spanish nobility and worn by the natives as cast-offs.

4. What is expropriation?
(a) It is the government's practice of usurping the Indians and claiming their lands.
(b) It is the separation of the native peoples from the main population.
(c) It is the tithe the Indians are expected to pay the government.
(d) It is the Indian's policies of attacking government outposts relentlessly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hapsburg King of Spain was obsessed with religious wars, draining Spain's coffers and exploited Latin America?

2. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?

3. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

4. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?

5. What did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?

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