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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 did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?
(a) He witnessed a falling meteorite.
(b) He witnessed an avalanche.
(c) He witnessed a volcanic eruption.
(d) He witness an eclipse.

2. How did Asia acquire rubber tree seeds?
(a) Christopher Columbus took seeds back for Ferdinand and Isabella.
(b) Chinese merchants came to Brazil and took the seeds back.
(c) The trees were discovered deep in the forest.
(d) Henry Wickham smuggled seeds out of Brazil.

3. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.
(b) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.
(c) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.
(d) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.

4. What invention was a major factor in Britain's industrial revolution?
(a) The steam engine.
(b) The space shuttle.
(c) The airplane.
(d) The wheel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?

2. What famous saying was associated with Guanajuato?

3. Why must the USA purchase so many of its minerals abroad?

4. What Latin American countries were involved in the War of the Pacific?

5. What year did Columbus "discover" America?

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