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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the "king of tin"?
(a) Jose Manuel Balmaceda.
(b) Tupac Amaru.
(c) John Thomas North.
(d) Simon Ituri Patino.

4. What did the export of guano help stave off in Europe?
(a) War.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Annoyance.
(d) Disease.

5. Who was Tupac Amaru?
(a) He was a Spanish general who conquered the natives in Cuzco.
(b) He was a mestizo chief and a descendant of the Incas who led a rebellion in Cuzco.
(c) He was a Mayan chief who led the people out of occupied Cuzco.
(d) He was a Spanish soldier who defected to the natives.

6. Who was Juan Vicente Gomez?
(a) The ambassador of Ecuador to Britain.
(b) The President of Brazilian.
(c) The Bolivian revolutionary.
(d) The king of Venezuelan oil.

7. What analogy does Paul Baran use to explain the division of labor with the arrival of capitalism?
(a) The actor and the audience.
(b) The mother and the son.
(c) The horseman and the horse.
(d) The priest and his congregation.

8. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?
(a) Asia.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Australia.
(d) Finland.

9. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?
(a) One-sixteenth of the population died.
(b) One-third of the population died.
(c) Over half of the population died.
(d) Only ten people died.

10. Concerning petroleum, where is the most money to be made?
(a) The most money is made for the middleman.
(b) The most money is made for the producing country.
(c) The most money is made for the laborer.
(d) The most money is made for the consuming country.

11. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
(a) He was an Aztec leader who united Indian groups and marched on Mexico City.
(b) He was a Mexican priest who led a rebellion, attempted to regain the Indian's ancient lands and incite social change.
(c) He was a Spanish merchant who shamelessly exploited the native people.
(d) He was a Spanish writer who, at great risk to himself, published a treatise on the conqueror's crimes.

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

13. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1701.

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

15. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?
(a) 5 million dollars.
(b) 25 million dollars.
(c) 50 million dollars.
(d) 10 million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did John Thomas North and his partner Robert Harvey purchase for the war effort?

3. Out of the 70,000 Guatemalans that die each year, how many are children?

4. About how much of the price yielded by coffee going from Colombia to the US goes into the wages of the coffee workers?

5. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?

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