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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. Who was William Walker?
(a) He was a British explorer who ventured deep into the Amazon.
(b) He was a US assassin who made his way through Central America, eventually taking Panama for the Panama Canal.
(c) He was a Haitian revolutionary who led a rebellion against landowners.
(d) He was a US historian who sought to tell the truth about the history of Latin America.

2. What area of Latin America was specifically photographed by a US geological survey?
(a) The Andes.
(b) Amazonia.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) Bolivia.

3. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?
(a) To build houses and start a new civilization.
(b) To serve God and His Majesty and also to get riches.
(c) To bring the natives European literature and guns.
(d) To learn of the native peoples of the strange new land.

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 cannot afford to mine its own mineral deposits.
(d) The USA lacks sufficient natural mineral deposits.

5. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-one hundredth.
(d) One-sixteenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the English monarch at the time of this incident?

2. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?

3. What labor force did the author eyewitness?

4. What is the top petroleum exporter in Latin America?

5. What famous saying was associated with Guanajuato?

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