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

2. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?
(a) For his enemies in the south.
(b) For the god Tenochtitlan.
(c) For the god Quetzalcoatl.
(d) For King Ferdinand himself.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Columbus think he had landed, even during his third voyage?

2. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

3. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?

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

5. What resources caused the boom of the Minas Gerais region?

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