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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. 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.

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

3. What did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?
(a) He witnessed a falling meteorite.
(b) He witnessed a volcanic eruption.
(c) He witnessed an avalanche.
(d) He witness an eclipse.

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 imposed in modern times by a fascist government.
(c) The styles were passed down through generations of native women.
(d) The styles were popularized by the Spanish nobility and worn by the natives as cast-offs.

5. What Aztec innovation in Mexico City is still visited by tourists today?
(a) The golden mask.
(b) The pyramids of Cairo.
(c) The great sundial.
(d) The floating gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?

2. Who was Tupac Amaru?

3. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?

4. What great innovations did the sugar slave trade directly fund?

5. What are the environmental problems with many of Latin America's cash crops?

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