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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 mineral, almost absent in the USA, is necessary to make aluminum?
(a) Bauxite.
(b) Neon.
(c) Iron.
(d) Hydrogen.

2. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?
(a) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions are Spanish.
(b) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions have remained poor for hundreds of years.
(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. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1815.

4. Who was Aleijadinho?
(a) One of the greatest artists in Brazil's history, nicknamed "Little Cripple."
(b) A Portuguese merchant who exported gold from Brazil.
(c) The governor of Minas Gerais.
(d) A Brazilian slave who worked in the diamond mines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the great Aztec capital city?

2. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?

3. What resource replaced nitrate as Chile's main export?

4. What states, originally belonging to Mexico, did the USA claim?

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

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