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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 initially did not have natural resources attractive to the international market.
(c) The USA was settled a long time after Latin America was settled.
(d) The USA struck a deal with its potential conquerors.

3. How did John Thomas North "support" the War of the Pacific?
(a) He provided the generals with intelligence.
(b) He gave lectures abroad.
(c) He purchased war bonds.
(d) He supplied the army with home-cooked meals.

4. What resource is exploited in modern-day Potosi?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Tin.

5. In Haiti, what does the rainbow symbolize?
(a) The rainbow symbolizes the victory in the Haitian Civil War.
(b) The rainbow symbolizes slaves who escaped to the west side of the island and reconstructed their African way of life.
(c) The rainbow symbolizes the European ships that came to take the Africans to Haiti so long ago.
(d) The rainbow symbolizes the largest sugar harvest on record anywhere in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?

2. After the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, who eventually claimed the land Paraguay won in the conflict?

3. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?

4. What illegal practice drains Brazil of more than $100 million a year?

5. What is the most universal health problem in Latin America?

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