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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 Miguel Hidalgo?
(a) He was a Spanish merchant who shamelessly exploited the native people.
(b) He was a Spanish writer who, at great risk to himself, published a treatise on the conqueror's crimes.
(c) He was a Mexican priest who led a rebellion, attempted to regain the Indian's ancient lands and incite social change.
(d) He was an Aztec leader who united Indian groups and marched on Mexico City.

2. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?
(a) The exhaustion of guano.
(b) The war with Britain.
(c) The perfection of the Haber process.
(d) The flood of 1923.

3. Who was Juan Vicente Gomez?
(a) The Bolivian revolutionary.
(b) The President of Brazilian.
(c) The king of Venezuelan oil.
(d) The ambassador of Ecuador to Britain.

4. What nickname does the author give the USA?
(a) The great consumer.
(b) The world policeman.
(c) The vast unknowable.
(d) The end of iron.

5. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?
(a) They denied that Indians had souls, and therefore were no better than beasts of burden.
(b) They would share the wealth with the Indians eventually.
(c) They claimed the Indians enjoyed the work.
(d) They declared the Indians owed them labor because of their defeat in the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

2. How did Asia acquire rubber tree seeds?

3. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?

4. What did Haitians do to avoid forced labor in the mines?

5. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?

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