2. What are the origins of the Indian women's style of dress?
(a) The styles were passed down through generations of native women.
(b) The styles were popularized by the Spanish nobility and worn by the natives as cast-offs.
(c) The styles were imposed in modern times by a fascist government.
(d) The styles were copied from peasant woman in Spain and imposed by Charles III.

3. What did Mariano Melgarejo force a British ambassador to drink as punishment for sneering at the local chichas?
(a) A barrel of chocolate.
(b) A tub of stale beer.
(c) Water from the Amazon.
(d) A bottle of bad wine.

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

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

6. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Salt.
(d) Sugar.

7. What labor force did the author eyewitness?
(a) The silver mines of Potosi.
(b) The oil refineries of Uruguay.
(c) The tin mines of Bolivia.
(d) The rubber plantations of Brazil.

8. Because of a deal with the USA, in how many years may Brazil run out of manganese for its own steel industry?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 100.

9. Who was the English monarch at the time of this incident?
(a) Queen Victoria, after which claimed Bolivia no longer existed.
(b) Queen Elizabeth II, who ignored the incident.
(c) King George I, who declared war on Bolivia.
(d) King Henry VIII, after which congratulated Melgarejo on being creative.

10. Out of the 70,000 Guatemalans that die each year, how many are children?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 45,000.

11. What do miners chew to counteract some effects of working in the tin mines?
(a) Wrigley's gum.
(b) Leather straps.
(c) Coca leaves.
(d) Tobacco.

12. How did American interests in Venezuelan crude oil attempt to derail the Brazilian crude oil economy?
(a) They created a conflict with the Brazilian government.
(b) They attempted a blockade of the Brazilian coastline.
(c) They tried to blackmail the USSR into only using Venezuelan oil.
(d) They rated Brazilian crude oil a "C".

13. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?
(a) Corn.
(b) Glass.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Sugar.

14. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?
(a) The perfection of the Haber process.
(b) The exhaustion of guano.
(c) The war with Britain.
(d) The flood of 1923.

15. How much did foreign capitalists pay per acre for a huge tract of land in the Amazon?
(a) $.99
(b) $50.00
(c) $.07.
(d) $10.00