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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Out of the 70,000 Guatemalans that die each year, how many are children?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

4. What is the top petroleum exporter in Latin America?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Panama.
(d) Haiti.

5. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?
(a) The war with Britain.
(b) The perfection of the Haber process.
(c) The flood of 1923.
(d) The exhaustion of guano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the world's chief fuel?

2. What is "tied aid"?

3. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?

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

5. What Hapsburg King of Spain was obsessed with religious wars, draining Spain's coffers and exploited Latin America?

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