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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does the author give the USA?

2. What was guano used for in Europe?

3. What Hapsburg King of Spain was obsessed with religious wars, draining Spain's coffers and exploited Latin America?

4. Who is the "king of tin"?

5. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jose Artigas and what did he accomplish?

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

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

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

5. What was discovered in the Minas Gerais region?

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

7. How did the USA attempt to derail the Brazilian oil market?

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

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

10. What is a "pongo"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one section of the novel to research in depth. Create a 5+ page research paper detailing all the events of the section. Be sure to explain why the section has been included in the novel and how it pertains to the work as a whole

Essay Topic 2

What was the War of the Triple Alliance? Why was the war fought, and who were the aggressors? Who or whom financed the war? What were the international implications of the war? What did the war do to Paraguay?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Jose Artigas? What is agrarian reform? What policies did he attempt to put into place? What world forces did he oppose? What was the agrarian reform of 1815? What ultimately happened to Artigas? How is Artigas view in Latin America today?

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