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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 copied from peasant woman in Spain and imposed by Charles III.
(c) The styles were imposed in modern times by a fascist government.
(d) The styles were popularized by the Spanish nobility and worn by the natives as cast-offs.

3. What law did Juan Domingo Peron impose in Argentina in compliance with minimum wage?
(a) The Statute of the Peon.
(b) The Agricultural Division Act.
(c) The Agrarian Revolution.
(d) The Latafundios Abolition Act.

4. Who was Aleijadinho?
(a) A Brazilian slave who worked in the diamond mines.
(b) One of the greatest artists in Brazil's history, nicknamed "Little Cripple."
(c) The governor of Minas Gerais.
(d) A Portuguese merchant who exported gold from Brazil.

5. Who was Guatemalan tyrant Jorge Ubico's idol?
(a) Himmler.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) King Ferdinand of Spain.
(d) Henry V.

6. What did Columbus witness on his first voyage, while passing Tenerife?
(a) He witnessed a falling meteorite.
(b) He witnessed a volcanic eruption.
(c) He witness an eclipse.
(d) He witnessed an avalanche.

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

8. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?
(a) Cortes.
(b) Columbus.
(c) Pizarro.
(d) Marco Polo.

9. About how much of the price yielded by coffee going from Colombia to the US goes into the wages of the coffee workers?
(a) 5%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 0.5%
(d) 25%.

10. 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.

11. Why does the author feel that the USA was not plundered like Latin America?
(a) The USA struck a deal with its potential conquerors.
(b) The USA initially did not have natural resources attractive to the international market.
(c) The USA had the firepower and manpower to fight back.
(d) The USA was settled a long time after Latin America was settled.

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

13. What year did Columbus "discover" America?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1329.
(d) 1542.

14. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Australia.
(c) China.
(d) India.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Haitians do to avoid forced labor in the mines?

2. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

3. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?

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

5. What do miners chew to counteract some effects of working in the tin mines?

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