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

2. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1815.

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

4. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?
(a) Almost all: the silver stayed in Spain an made the country rich.
(b) Exactly one-fourth: the numbers are recorded with exact precision.
(c) About half: the silver stimulated Spain's economy while also paying off the country's debt.
(d) Almost none: the silver went to pay Spain's debts to other countries.

5. 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 popularized by the Spanish nobility and worn by the natives as cast-offs.
(d) The styles were passed down through generations of native women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without its acquisition of Brazilian gold from Portugal, what major conflict would England surely have lost?

2. What is silicosis?

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

4. What did Mariano Melgarejo force a British ambassador to drink as punishment for sneering at the local chichas?

5. What was the great Aztec capital city?

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