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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. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?
(a) Arevalo was planning an invasion of the USA.
(b) Arevalo was rumored to be Communist.
(c) Rodolfo Armas had plans for agrarian reform.
(d) Rodolfo Armas was the rightful President.

2. What did Haitians do to avoid forced labor in the mines?
(a) They rebelled and drove the Spaniards away.
(b) They ran away and resettled.
(c) They committed mass suicide.
(d) They poisoned the Spanish in great numbers.

3. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?
(a) 10 million dollars.
(b) 25 million dollars.
(c) 50 million dollars.
(d) 5 million dollars.

4. 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 Mexican priest who led a rebellion, attempted to regain the Indian's ancient lands and incite social change.
(d) He was a Spanish writer who, at great risk to himself, published a treatise on the conqueror's crimes.

5. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?
(a) Morocco.
(b) India.
(c) Australia.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?

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

3. What year did Columbus "discover" America?

4. Concerning petroleum, where is the most money to be made?

5. Who was William Walker?

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