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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through King Sugar and Other Agricultural Monarchs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What resources caused the boom of the Minas Gerais region?
(a) Oil and water.
(b) Tin and iron.
(c) Gold and diamonds.
(d) Silver and crystal.

2. What states, originally belonging to Mexico, did the USA claim?
(a) Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida.
(b) Texas, California, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada.
(c) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky.
(d) Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut.

3. How did American interests in Venezuelan crude oil attempt to derail the Brazilian crude oil economy?
(a) They created a conflict with the Brazilian government.
(b) They tried to blackmail the USSR into only using Venezuelan oil.
(c) They rated Brazilian crude oil a "C".
(d) They attempted a blockade of the Brazilian coastline.

4. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?
(a) Businessmen or the conquistadors themselves.
(b) England's monarch.
(c) The native peoples of the New World.
(d) The state or government.

5. In which country did Emilian Zapata introduce radical agrarian reform?
(a) Central Honduras.
(b) Western Peru.
(c) Northern Brazil.
(d) Southen Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country basically owns the Central American banana industry?

2. Who was Tupac Amaru?

3. In Haiti, what does the rainbow symbolize?

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

5. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?

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