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

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

3. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?
(a) It declared war on France for illegal occupation.
(b) It allowed Portugal to teach the Indians religion.
(c) It allowed Portugal to occupy certain Latin American territories.
(d) It granted protection to the Indians.

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 build houses and start a new civilization.
(c) To serve God and His Majesty and also to get riches.
(d) To learn of the native peoples of the strange new land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

2. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

3. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?

4. What analogy does Paul Baran use to explain the division of labor with the arrival of capitalism?

5. What is expropriation?

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