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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. 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.

2. About how much of the price yielded by coffee going from Colombia to the US goes into the wages of the coffee workers?
(a) 25%.
(b) 0.5%
(c) 10%.
(d) 5%.

3. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
(a) He was a Spanish merchant who shamelessly exploited the native people.
(b) He was an Aztec leader who united Indian groups and marched on Mexico City.
(c) He was a Spanish writer who, at great risk to himself, published a treatise on the conqueror's crimes.
(d) He was a Mexican priest who led a rebellion, attempted to regain the Indian's ancient lands and incite social change.

4. What is the most universal health problem in Latin America?
(a) Poor eyesight.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Infectious disease.

5. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?
(a) They are each rapidly falling in price and usefulness.
(b) They each foster higher profits for the consuming country than for the producing country.
(c) They each need very particular growing conditions.
(d) They are each dark in color and used all over the world.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?

3. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?

4. From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, what peoples were the center of the slave trade?

5. What did the export of guano help stave off in Europe?

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