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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 nickname does the author give the USA?
(a) The end of iron.
(b) The great consumer.
(c) The vast unknowable.
(d) The world policeman.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Aztec innovation in Mexico City is still visited by tourists today?

2. Who is the "king of tin"?

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

4. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?

5. What is expropriation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the USA attempt to discourage the world market from purchasing oil from Brazil?

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

4. What is "expropriation"?

5. Who were the miners of Minas Gerais, and where did they come from?

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

7. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo, who as President of Guatemala instituted new and better educational and labor standards, overthrown?

8. Explain the "horseman and horse" relationship between Latin America and Europe.

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

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

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