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

2. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?
(a) Rodolfo Armas was the rightful President.
(b) Arevalo was planning an invasion of the USA.
(c) Rodolfo Armas had plans for agrarian reform.
(d) Arevalo was rumored to be Communist.

3. From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, what peoples were the center of the slave trade?
(a) Irish.
(b) Australians.
(c) Africans.
(d) Chinese.

4. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1815.
(d) 1800.

5. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?
(a) A silver-sparked war between Argentina and Ecuador.
(b) A petroleum-sparked war between Bolivia and Paraguay.
(c) A manganese war between Brazil and Argentina.
(d) An Indian-rights war between Chile and Peru.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illegal practice drains Brazil of more than $100 million a year?

2. What law did Juan Domingo Peron impose in Argentina in compliance with minimum wage?

3. What was President Jose Manuel Balmaceda's goal for Chile?

4. How much did foreign capitalists pay per acre for a huge tract of land in the Amazon?

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

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