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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Seven Years After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor does the author use to describe industry in Latin America?
(a) As a penny is to a dollar.
(b) As an airplane to an airport.
(c) As mayo is to a sandwich.
(d) As a wheel is to a vehicle.

2. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?
(a) Arevalo was rumored to be Communist.
(b) Rodolfo Armas had plans for agrarian reform.
(c) Rodolfo Armas was the rightful President.
(d) Arevalo was planning an invasion of the USA.

3. What is the most universal health problem in Latin America?
(a) Poor eyesight.
(b) Malnutrition.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Infectious disease.

4. How much has Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, grown in the last 30 years?
(a) 1,000%.
(b) 700%.
(c) 500%.
(d) 50%.

5. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?
(a) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions once experienced huge periods of economic boom.
(b) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions have remained wealthy for hundreds of years.
(c) He discovered that the most wealthy modern-day regions are Spanish.
(d) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions have remained poor for hundreds of years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How, in the 1800s, did Britain pay for most of its Latin American goods?

2. Who was Juan Vicente Gomez?

3. How much of US investment in Latin America is in Mexico?

4. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?

5. What is a tojo?

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