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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 did John Thomas North "support" the War of the Pacific?
(a) He supplied the army with home-cooked meals.
(b) He gave lectures abroad.
(c) He purchased war bonds.
(d) He provided the generals with intelligence.

2. What was the significance of the land the USA purchased from Brazil?
(a) It is the location of a new US state.
(b) It makes Brazil part of the USA.
(c) It cuts the Amazon off from the rest of the country.
(d) It is in the shape of Texas.

3. What country has recently admitted to fault in many military situations in Latin America?
(a) Australia.
(b) The USA.
(c) Sweden.
(d) France.

4. How much of US investment in Latin America is in Mexico?
(a) One-eigth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-third.
(d) Half.

5. What Brazilian mineral deposit is essential to the steel industry?
(a) Silver.
(b) Manganese.
(c) Guano.
(d) Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which US President announced a policy of human rights for Latin America?

2. How many votes does Latin America have in the World Bank?

3. For what sporting good is Haiti the chief producer?

4. For what industry is the USA most dependent on foreign imports?

5. To whom does the author compare Maria Carolina de Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to the author, how do Latin American countries still identify themselves?

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

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

6. Without what, according to the author, would the USA not have been able to become independent?

7. How, in Argentina, are political and economic revolutionaries dealt with?

8. After Latin America was liberated from Spain, what country inherited its reins?

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

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

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