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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 Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?

2. What year did Columbus "discover" America?

3. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?

4. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?

5. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the War of the Pacific, 1879-1893?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is "expropriation"?

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

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

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

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

Choose three major Latin American exports and examine their histories according to the text. Which countries export the products? Which countries purchase the products? How do the products play into the international market? Be sure to relate the histories according to the author.

Essay Topic 3

Has Galeano's novel changed your worldview? Why or why not? What was the most surprising thing you read in the novel? Are you morally opposed to anything that you read? Why or why not? Feel free to use properly cited quotations from the text.

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