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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. How, in the 1800s, did Britain pay for most of its Latin American goods?
(a) It paid with carbonate.
(b) It paid with textiles.
(c) It paid with silver.
(d) It paid with gold.

2. Which US President announced a policy of human rights for Latin America?
(a) President Jimmy Carter.
(b) President Henry Ford.
(c) President William Taft.
(d) President George Washington.

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

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

5. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?
(a) One-sixteenth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-one hundredth.
(d) One-half.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much has Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, grown in the last 30 years?

2. In Uruguay, how many workers died in the railway gelignite explosion of 1977?

3. Why does Galeano claim to have written this book?

4. What does IMF stand for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Latin America unable to expand its trade horizon?

2. What is protectionism?

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

4. Describe the three "heartening" examples Galeano provides about the people's reception of his book.

5. Why was the nitrate industry in Latin America abruptly halted?

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

7. Who was General Velasco Alvarado and what did he do?

8. Where is most of the USA's investment in Latin America concentrated?

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

10. How does Latin America compensate for the low prices of its exports?

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