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

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

3. What analogy does Paul Baran use to explain the division of labor with the arrival of capitalism?
(a) The actor and the audience.
(b) The mother and the son.
(c) The horseman and the horse.
(d) The priest and his congregation.

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

5. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?
(a) Tin.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Aztec innovation in Mexico City is still visited by tourists today?

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

3. What Hapsburg King of Spain was obsessed with religious wars, draining Spain's coffers and exploited Latin America?

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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