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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. How much has Caracas grown in thirty years?
(a) 20%.
(b) 700%.
(c) .5%.
(d) 550%.

2. What great innovations did the sugar slave trade directly fund?
(a) The Aztec Temples.
(b) The Spanish trade route.
(c) Britain's Great Western Railway.
(d) The invention of the automobile.

3. For what industry is the USA most dependent on foreign imports?
(a) The ability to wage war.
(b) The textile industry.
(c) The meat and cattle industry.
(d) The paper industry.

4. What does Alcoa stand for?
(a) The Arbitrary Concerns of America.
(b) The Andean Living Confederates of America.
(c) The Argentine Life Coalition of America.
(d) The Aluminum Company of America.

5. What is the great natural resource of Lake Maracaibo?
(a) Bauxite.
(b) Oil.
(c) Tin.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?

2. What resources caused the boom of the Minas Gerais region?

3. What country is the top petroleum exporter in the world (at the time the book was written)?

4. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?

5. Concerning petroleum, where is the most money to be made?

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