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

2. In Haiti, what does the rainbow symbolize?
(a) The rainbow symbolizes the European ships that came to take the Africans to Haiti so long ago.
(b) The rainbow symbolizes the largest sugar harvest on record anywhere in the world.
(c) The rainbow symbolizes slaves who escaped to the west side of the island and reconstructed their African way of life.
(d) The rainbow symbolizes the victory in the Haitian Civil War.

3. What was guano used for in Europe?
(a) Fertilizer.
(b) Clothing blends.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Currency.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does the author give the USA?

2. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?

3. What did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?

4. What did John Thomas North and his partner Robert Harvey purchase for the war effort?

5. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?

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