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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 country is the top petroleum exporter in the world (at the time the book was written)?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Iran.

2. How did the USA attempt to curtail Brazil's petroleum trade?
(a) They provided oil to rival countries.
(b) They gave Brazilian oil a grade "C."
(c) They asked Brazil nicely not to sell to anyone else.
(d) They declared war and took all the oil fields.

3. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?
(a) It allowed Portugal to occupy certain Latin American territories.
(b) It granted protection to the Indians.
(c) It declared war on France for illegal occupation.
(d) It allowed Portugal to teach the Indians religion.

4. What country basically owns the Central American banana industry?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Portugal.
(c) The USA.
(d) Spain.

5. What is Lake Maracaibo?
(a) It is the favorite vacation spot of Brazil.
(b) It is the only source of freshwater in Argentina.
(c) It is a huge deposit of oil in Venezuela.
(d) It is the great lake of Nicaragua.

Short Answer Questions

1. What region is the world's top coffee producer?

2. Who was Tupac Amaru?

3. What Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?

4. How did Asia acquire rubber tree seeds?

5. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?

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