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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. How much did foreign capitalists pay per acre for a huge tract of land in the Amazon?
(a) $.07.
(b) $.99
(c) $50.00
(d) $10.00

2. Why does the author feel that the USA was not plundered like Latin America?
(a) The USA initially did not have natural resources attractive to the international market.
(b) The USA had the firepower and manpower to fight back.
(c) The USA struck a deal with its potential conquerors.
(d) The USA was settled a long time after Latin America was settled.

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

4. What is the world's chief fuel?
(a) Iron.
(b) Water.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Copper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?

2. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?

3. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?

4. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?

5. How did the USA attempt to curtail Brazil's petroleum trade?

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