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

2. 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 priest and his congregation.
(c) The mother and the son.
(d) The horseman and the horse.

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

4. What did Haitians do to avoid forced labor in the mines?
(a) They rebelled and drove the Spaniards away.
(b) They committed mass suicide.
(c) They poisoned the Spanish in great numbers.
(d) They ran away and resettled.

5. What did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?
(a) He witness an eclipse.
(b) He witnessed a volcanic eruption.
(c) He witnessed an avalanche.
(d) He witnessed a falling meteorite.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

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

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

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

5. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?

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