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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much has Caracas grown in thirty years?
(a) 700%.
(b) 550%.
(c) .5%.
(d) 20%.

3. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.
(b) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.
(c) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.
(d) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.

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

5. What Latin American countries were involved in the War of the Pacific?
(a) Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
(b) Venezuela, Argentina, and Ecuador.
(c) Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil.
(d) Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is expropriation?

2. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?

3. Who was Tupac Amaru?

4. Because of a deal with the USA, in how many years may Brazil run out of manganese for its own steel industry?

5. How did the USA attempt to curtail Brazil's petroleum trade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the factors in the conquistadors' victory over the native peoples of America?

2. Who was Emiliano Zapata and what did he accomplish?

3. How has the coffee industry hurt the people of Latin America?

4. What is responsible for the collapse of Brazil's rubber industry?

5. What were some of the major accomplishments, etc, that Latin American sugar and slave trade contributed to directly?

6. Though coffee and petroleum are invaluable on a world market, why does Latin America still not profit from having these resources in abundance?

7. What caused the War of the Pacific, 1879-1893?

8. What illegal activity costs Brazil upwards of $100 million a year?

9. Who is Jose Artigas and what did he accomplish?

10. Why must the USA import so many raw materials from abroad?

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