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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through he Invisible Sources of Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?
(a) To build houses and start a new civilization.
(b) To learn of the native peoples of the strange new land.
(c) To serve God and His Majesty and also to get riches.
(d) To bring the natives European literature and guns.

2. What was guano used for in Europe?
(a) Clothing blends.
(b) Currency.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Fertilizer.

3. What did Mariano Melgarejo force a British ambassador to drink as punishment for sneering at the local chichas?
(a) Water from the Amazon.
(b) A barrel of chocolate.
(c) A tub of stale beer.
(d) A bottle of bad wine.

4. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?
(a) They were paid with gold coins on an hourly rate.
(b) They were paid in kind, with dried meat, manioc flour, and unrefined sugar.
(c) There were paid with visits to their families abroad.
(d) They were paid with fine cloths and ribbons.

5. What area's maps were given to private concerns with the aid of a US government geological survey?
(a) Amazonia.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) The Andes.
(d) Uruguay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?

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

3. What do miners chew to counteract some effects of working in the tin mines?

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

5. What year did Columbus "discover" America?

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