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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 is the chief fuel of the modern world?
(a) Nuclear power.
(b) Hydroelectric dams.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Solar energy.

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

3. How much of Latin America was predicted to be in foreign creditors' hands by 1980?
(a) 80%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 50%.

4. From where does imperialist capital capture foreign markets?
(a) They capture from outside.
(b) They capture from within.
(c) They capture from the sea.
(d) They capture from the forest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "tied aid"?

2. Since the novel was published, what Latin American country has nationalized its oil production?

3. What percentage of their wages did Haitians lose between 1971 and 1975?

4. The bourgeois' attempt at creating national industry has had a short and low flight, like a __________.

5. How much of US investment in Latin America is in Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are "negative lists"?

2. How did the USA get the Haitian ambassador to change his vote at an OAS conference?

3. Has the nationalization of oil been beneficial for Venezuela?

4. How have foreign loans kept Latin America indebted to foreigners?

5. Why did the USA begin to take over interests in Latin America?

6. Why do Latin American governments do nothing about all their funds flowing into foreign banks?

7. What country holds most of Latin America's loans, and what percentage does this country hold?

8. Why, once prosperous, is Paraguay today an extremely poor and backward country?

9. What is the official political image of de Rosas?

10. Why, according to Galeano, has he written this book?

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