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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) Virachoca.
(c) Tenochtitlan.
(d) Quetzalcoatl.

2. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?
(a) Silver.
(b) Salt.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Gold.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is expropriation?

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

3. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

4. Who was Tupac Amaru?

5. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?

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