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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Especially in Guatemala, what is the structure of the labor force visibly identified with?
(a) Minifundios.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Racism.

4. What was guano used for in Europe?
(a) Clothing blends.
(b) Currency.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Fertilizer.

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

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

7. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?
(a) Almost none: the silver went to pay Spain's debts to other countries.
(b) Almost all: the silver stayed in Spain an made the country rich.
(c) About half: the silver stimulated Spain's economy while also paying off the country's debt.
(d) Exactly one-fourth: the numbers are recorded with exact precision.

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

9. Where did Columbus think he had landed, even during his third voyage?
(a) He thought he was off the coast of Asia.
(b) He thought he was off the coast of Africa.
(c) He thought he was off the coast of Venezuela.
(d) He thought he was off the coast of Hawaii.

10. 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 most wealthy modern-day regions are Spanish.
(c) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions once experienced huge periods of economic boom.
(d) He discovered that the poorest modern-day regions have remained poor for hundreds of years.

11. What did John Thomas North and his partner Robert Harvey purchase for the war effort?
(a) Bonds.
(b) Silver.
(c) Bread.
(d) Guns.

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

13. What was the key to success in the sugar industry?
(a) Slave traffic.
(b) Temperate climate.
(c) Imported European workers.
(d) Plows.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?

2. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?

3. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?

4. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

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

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