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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. Which two Latin American countries have the highest infant mortality rates?
(a) Haiti and Bolivia.
(b) Argentina and Brazil.
(c) Uruguay and Paraguay.
(d) Panama and Mexico.

2. How long did it take to squander the nitrate deposits in Peru?
(a) Just a few years.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Exactly 10.5 years.
(d) Hundreds of years.

3. What was the first Latin American country to install an oil refinery?
(a) Uruguay.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) Venezuela.

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

5. What practice have Protestant church missionaries encouraged to Amazonian peoples?
(a) Boiling water.
(b) Birth control.
(c) Eye exams.
(d) Dental braces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Treaty of Tordesillas accomplish?

2. Who is Simon Ituri Patino?

3. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?

4. What do miners chew to counteract some effects of working in the tin mines?

5. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?

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