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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. Who was Tupac Amaru?
(a) He was a Mayan chief who led the people out of occupied Cuzco.
(b) He was a mestizo chief and a descendant of the Incas who led a rebellion in Cuzco.
(c) He was a Spanish soldier who defected to the natives.
(d) He was a Spanish general who conquered the natives in Cuzco.

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

3. Where did Columbus think he had landed, even during his third voyage?
(a) He thought he was off the coast of Africa.
(b) He thought he was off the coast of Hawaii.
(c) He thought he was off the coast of Venezuela.
(d) He thought he was off the coast of Asia.

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

5. Without its acquisition of Brazilian gold from Portugal, what major conflict would England surely have lost?
(a) The American Revolutionary War.
(b) The Napoleonic War.
(c) The Spanish War.
(d) The Hundred Years' War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the origins of the Indian women's style of dress?

2. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?

3. What is the most universal health problem in Latin America?

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

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

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