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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 did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?
(a) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions have remained wealthy for hundreds of years.
(b) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions are Spanish.
(c) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions have remained poor for hundreds of years.
(d) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions once experienced huge periods of economic boom.

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

3. What year did Columbus "discover" America?
(a) 1542.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1492.
(d) 1329.

4. 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.

5. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?
(a) They claimed the Indians enjoyed the work.
(b) They denied that Indians had souls, and therefore were no better than beasts of burden.
(c) They would share the wealth with the Indians eventually.
(d) They declared the Indians owed them labor because of their defeat in the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?

2. What Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?

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

4. Who was Tupac Amaru?

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

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