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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 region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?
(a) Australia.
(b) Asia.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) Finland.

2. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?
(a) Over half of the population died.
(b) One-third of the population died.
(c) Only ten people died.
(d) One-sixteenth of the population died.

3. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?
(a) 1701.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1865.

4. What are the environmental problems with many of Latin America's cash crops?
(a) Many of the cash crops are failing and leaving large swaths of empty land.
(b) Coffee, sugarcane, and cotton are primarily consumed by the farmers.
(c) Many of the cash crops are eaten by animals.
(d) Coffee, sugarcane, and cotton all require mass deforestation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?

3. To what does the author compare Latin America's capacity for surprise?

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

5. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

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