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

2. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?

3. For whom did Montezuma mistake the invading Europeans?

4. After the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, who eventually claimed the land Paraguay won in the conflict?

5. How much has Caracas grown in thirty years?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has the coffee industry hurt the people of Latin America?

3. Why, according to the author, has the USA avoided many of the problems Latin America has faced?

4. Why was guano, or nitrate, so valuable to Europeans?

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

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

7. What is the significance of the rainbow in Haiti?

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

9. Why was a US government geological survey conducted of the Brazilian Amazon?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author has a powerful point of view throughout the text. Choose three specific instances that you feel the author is making his voice clear. What are his opinions throughout the work? How are is points effective for the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Why has the USA historically benefited by "not being important," while Latin America's fate has been seal by its importance? What kinds of resources are found in Latin America that are not found in the USA? In the beginning, how was the colonization of the USA different from the colonization of Latin America? Name radical differences in the economic policies of the USA and Latin America.

Essay Topic 3

Think about the phrase "History repeats itself." Do you think history really repeat itself? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your argument. Include specific cases in Latin American history.

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