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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. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.
(b) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.
(c) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.
(d) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.

2. What did Mariano Melgarejo force a British ambassador to drink as punishment for sneering at the local chichas?
(a) A bottle of bad wine.
(b) A tub of stale beer.
(c) Water from the Amazon.
(d) A barrel of chocolate.

3. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 15 million.
(c) None.
(d) 3.5 million.

4. What did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?
(a) He witnessed a volcanic eruption.
(b) He witnessed an avalanche.
(c) He witnessed a falling meteorite.
(d) He witness an eclipse.

5. What states, originally belonging to Mexico, did the USA claim?
(a) Texas, California, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada.
(b) Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
(c) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky.
(d) Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?

2. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?

3. What is the world's chief fuel?

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

5. What famous saying was associated with Guanajuato?

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