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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. What mineral, almost absent in the USA, is necessary to make aluminum?
(a) Neon.
(b) Iron.
(c) Bauxite.
(d) Hydrogen.

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

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

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

5. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?
(a) Salt.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

2. What great innovations did the sugar slave trade directly fund?

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

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

5. Who is the "king of tin"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare modern-day Potosi to the silver-rush Potosi.

2. Who was John Thomas North and what did he do?

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

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

5. Why can many Latin American countries not sustain the developments of manufacture?

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

8. Describe some of the technological accomplishments of the original inhabitants of Latin American--the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs.

9. What is the significance of the rainbow in Haiti?

10. What drove Spain to finance Columbus' expedition?

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