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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Premature Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) Cortes.
(d) Pizarro.

2. What labor force did the author eyewitness?
(a) The oil refineries of Uruguay.
(b) The tin mines of Bolivia.
(c) The silver mines of Potosi.
(d) The rubber plantations of Brazil.

3. Especially in Guatemala, what is the structure of the labor force visibly identified with?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Minifundios.
(d) Racism.

4. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?
(a) About half: the silver stimulated Spain's economy while also paying off the country's debt.
(b) Almost all: the silver stayed in Spain an made the country rich.
(c) Almost none: the silver went to pay Spain's debts to other countries.
(d) Exactly one-fourth: the numbers are recorded with exact precision.

5. What Latin American countries were involved in the War of the Pacific?
(a) Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil.
(b) Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
(c) Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
(d) Venezuela, Argentina, and Ecuador.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Brazilian mineral deposit is essential to the steel industry?

2. How much has Caracas grown in thirty years?

3. Who was Aleijadinho?

4. What invention was a major factor in Britain's industrial revolution?

5. In the 1800s, what country was the chief importer into Latin America?

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