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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Galeano, is Latin America's real export?
(a) Cheap labor.
(b) Tn.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Coffee.

2. What major company quickened the downfall of Brazilian tape factory Adesite?
(a) TJ Max.
(b) Alcoa.
(c) Scotch Tape.
(d) Mead Johnson Tape.

3. What does the Volkswagen affiliate in Sweden do for every car it sells?
(a) It throws a party.
(b) It plants a tree.
(c) It pays someone in Brazil.
(d) It takes a vacation.

4. What invention was a major factor in Britain's industrial revolution?
(a) The space shuttle.
(b) The airplane.
(c) The wheel.
(d) The steam engine.

5. In the 1800s, what country was the chief importer into Latin America?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Britain.
(c) Spain.
(d) The USA.

6. In 1975, how many times greater was Latin America's external debt than in 1968?
(a) Ten times greater.
(b) Two times greater.
(c) Twenty times greater.
(d) Three times greater.

7. What company owns Brazilian iron?
(a) Bethlehem Steel.
(b) The Hanna Mining Corporation.
(c) Minas Gerais.
(d) IMF.

8. Who was the person to coin the phrase "knowledge is power"?
(a) Sir Francis Bacon.
(b) Yogi Bera.
(c) President Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Jose Artigas.

9. How many votes does Latin America have in the World Bank?
(a) One-sixteen.
(b) One-tenth.
(c) One-fourth.
(d) None.

10. In what year did General Velasco Alvarado, social and economic reformist, die?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1654.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1792.

11. What is the top petroleum exporter in Latin America?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) Panama.
(d) Mexico.

12. Mexican cattle consume more _________ than the campesinos who tend to them?
(a) Air.
(b) Grass.
(c) Protein.
(d) Land.

13. In Brazil, what was Law 56,571, pass on July 6, 1965?
(a) This law reserved the petrochemical industry for the state.
(b) This law put a tax on land.
(c) This law annulled law 56,570.
(d) This law gave all citizens social security.

14. What is silicosis?
(a) A phrase the gauchos use when discussing cattle.
(b) An economic policy that promotes nationalization.
(c) A disease of the lungs caused by working in tin mines.
(d) A process by which nitrates are pulled out of the air.

15. What is the great natural resource of Lake Maracaibo?
(a) Oil.
(b) Silver.
(c) Bauxite.
(d) Tin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Argentina, what often happens to the politically outspoken?

2. What percentage of Latin American loans are provided by the USA?

3. Which US President announced a policy of human rights for Latin America?

4. Where is the copper in Chile located?

5. How did John Thomas North "support" the War of the Pacific?

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