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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. Who usually financed the conquistadors' expeditions?

2. What labor force did the author eyewitness?

3. What is the world's chief fuel?

4. How did American interests in Venezuelan crude oil attempt to derail the Brazilian crude oil economy?

5. What country is the top petroleum exporter in the world (at the time the book was written)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare modern-day Potosi to the silver-rush Potosi.

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

3. What was discovered in the Minas Gerais region?

4. What drove Spain to finance Columbus' expedition?

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

6. Who were the miners of Minas Gerais, and where did they come from?

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

8. Though coffee and petroleum are invaluable on a world market, why does Latin America still not profit from having these resources in abundance?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Who was Tupac Amaru? What were his ties to ancient Latin America? What causes did he champion? How did he meet his end?

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