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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 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 popularized by the Spanish nobility and worn by the natives as cast-offs.
(c) The styles were imposed in modern times by a fascist government.
(d) The styles were passed down through generations of native women.

2. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?
(a) Almost all: the silver stayed in Spain an made the country rich.
(b) Exactly one-fourth: the numbers are recorded with exact precision.
(c) About half: the silver stimulated Spain's economy while also paying off the country's debt.
(d) Almost none: the silver went to pay Spain's debts to other countries.

3. What is expropriation?
(a) It is the government's practice of usurping the Indians and claiming their lands.
(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 tithe the Indians are expected to pay the government.

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

5. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?
(a) General relativity.
(b) The circumference of the earth.
(c) The concept of zero.
(d) Pi.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was Aleijadinho?

4. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

5. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?

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