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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 is a "trade gap"?

2. Where does Bolivian tin have to go to be smelted?

3. Who does the author think behaves as a world policeman?

4. What replaced nitrates as the pillar of Chile's economy?

5. Mexican cattle consume more _________ than the campesinos who tend to them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bolivia achieve general amnesty?

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

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

4. Who was General Velasco Alvarado and what did he do?

5. Why did the Argentine financial center move to Buenos Aires?

6. Why did the USA begin to take over interests in Latin America?

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

8. Why, according to Galeano, has he written this book?

9. Has the nationalization of oil been beneficial for Venezuela?

10. What is protectionism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

South America took the brunt of foreign interest ever since Columbus landed, but how was Central America drawn into the fray? What Central American exports continue to be of value to the international market? How was the land in Central America seized? Who is William Walker and what was his role in Central America? What was the situation in Nicaragua, and who was Jorge Ubico?

Essay Topic 2

Slavery, today a moral abomination, has historically been a means to an end. What part did slavery play in the colonization of Latin America? How were slaves used for the import/export business of Latin America, run by Europeans? To what major historical events did slavery contribute? Is there slavery in Latin America today?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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