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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the USA attempt to curtail Brazil's petroleum trade?
(a) They provided oil to rival countries.
(b) They asked Brazil nicely not to sell to anyone else.
(c) They declared war and took all the oil fields.
(d) They gave Brazilian oil a grade "C."

2. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.
(b) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.
(c) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.
(d) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.

3. In which country did Emilian Zapata introduce radical agrarian reform?
(a) Central Honduras.
(b) Western Peru.
(c) Northern Brazil.
(d) Southen Mexico.

4. What Hapsburg King of Spain was obsessed with religious wars, draining Spain's coffers and exploited Latin America?
(a) Ferdinand of Aragon.
(b) Henry VIII.
(c) Louis XI.
(d) Charles V.

5. What Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?
(a) Granada.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Salamanca.

6. What is the world's chief fuel?
(a) Petroleum.
(b) Copper.
(c) Water.
(d) Iron.

7. What is expropriation?
(a) It is the separation of the native peoples from the main population.
(b) It is the tithe the Indians are expected to pay the government.
(c) It is the Indian's policies of attacking government outposts relentlessly.
(d) It is the government's practice of usurping the Indians and claiming their lands.

8. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?
(a) 15 million.
(b) 3.5 million.
(c) None.
(d) 50 million.

9. What nickname does the author give the USA?
(a) The vast unknowable.
(b) The end of iron.
(c) The great consumer.
(d) The world policeman.

10. What region is the world's top coffee producer?
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Australia.
(d) Latin America.

11. From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, what peoples were the center of the slave trade?
(a) Africans.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Australians.
(d) Irish.

12. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?
(a) A silver-sparked war between Argentina and Ecuador.
(b) An Indian-rights war between Chile and Peru.
(c) A manganese war between Brazil and Argentina.
(d) A petroleum-sparked war between Bolivia and Paraguay.

13. What was the great Aztec capital city?
(a) Quetzalcoatl.
(b) Montezuma.
(c) Virachoca.
(d) Tenochtitlan.

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

15. What resources caused the boom of the Minas Gerais region?
(a) Tin and iron.
(b) Gold and diamonds.
(c) Silver and crystal.
(d) Oil and water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Columbus "discover" America?

2. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?

3. Why does the author feel that the USA was not plundered like Latin America?

4. Because of a deal with the USA, in how many years may Brazil run out of manganese for its own steel industry?

5. What Aztec innovation in Mexico City is still visited by tourists today?

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