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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. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?
(a) To build houses and start a new civilization.
(b) To serve God and His Majesty and also to get riches.
(c) To learn of the native peoples of the strange new land.
(d) To bring the natives European literature and guns.

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

3. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?
(a) Pizarro.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) Cortes.
(d) Columbus.

4. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?
(a) They claimed the Indians enjoyed the work.
(b) They would share the wealth with the Indians eventually.
(c) They denied that Indians had souls, and therefore were no better than beasts of burden.
(d) They declared the Indians owed them labor because of their defeat in the war.

5. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?
(a) 15 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 3.5 million.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?

2. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

3. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?

4. What Aztec innovation in Mexico City is still visited by tourists today?

5. What are the origins of the Indian women's style of dress?

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