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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What area's maps were given to private concerns with the aid of a US government geological survey?
(a) The Andes.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Amazonia.
(d) Uruguay.

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

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

4. In Haiti, what does the rainbow symbolize?
(a) The rainbow symbolizes slaves who escaped to the west side of the island and reconstructed their African way of life.
(b) The rainbow symbolizes the European ships that came to take the Africans to Haiti so long ago.
(c) The rainbow symbolizes the victory in the Haitian Civil War.
(d) The rainbow symbolizes the largest sugar harvest on record anywhere in the world.

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

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

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

8. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
(a) He was a Mexican priest who led a rebellion, attempted to regain the Indian's ancient lands and incite social change.
(b) He was an Aztec leader who united Indian groups and marched on Mexico City.
(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.

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

10. What illegal practice drains Brazil of more than $100 million a year?
(a) Forgery.
(b) Smuggling.
(c) Filibusters.
(d) Polygamy.

11. After the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, who eventually claimed the land Paraguay won in the conflict?
(a) Argentina.
(b) The USA.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Brazil.

12. 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 created a conflict with the Brazilian government.
(d) They rated Brazilian crude oil a "C".

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was guano used for in Europe?

2. Who was Aleijadinho?

3. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?

4. What are the environmental problems with many of Latin America's cash crops?

5. What country is the top petroleum exporter in the world (at the time the book was written)?

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