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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. Who was Aleijadinho?
(a) A Portuguese merchant who exported gold from Brazil.
(b) A Brazilian slave who worked in the diamond mines.
(c) One of the greatest artists in Brazil's history, nicknamed "Little Cripple."
(d) The governor of Minas Gerais.

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

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

4. Where did Columbus think he had landed, even during his third voyage?
(a) He thought he was off the coast of Venezuela.
(b) He thought he was off the coast of Africa.
(c) He thought he was off the coast of Hawaii.
(d) He thought he was off the coast of Asia.

5. What was the great Aztec capital city?
(a) Virachoca.
(b) Montezuma.
(c) Quetzalcoatl.
(d) Tenochtitlan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

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

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

5. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?

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