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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 is silicosis?
(a) A policy of government that excludes Bolivia from the international market.
(b) A region of Bolivia that is completely uninhabited.
(c) A condition where the sufferer cannot stop laughing.
(d) A disease of the lungs that kills many Latin American tin miners.

2. What area's maps were given to private concerns with the aid of a US government geological survey?
(a) Amazonia.
(b) Uruguay.
(c) The Andes.
(d) Bolivia.

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

4. Why must the USA purchase so many of its minerals abroad?
(a) The USA is controlled by Britain.
(b) The USA enjoys foreign trade.
(c) The USA lacks sufficient natural mineral deposits.
(d) The USA cannot afford to mine its own mineral deposits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John Thomas North "support" the War of the Pacific?

2. What do coffee and petroleum have in common?

3. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?

4. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?

5. What was the key to success in the sugar industry?

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