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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. Which US President announced a policy of human rights for Latin America?

2. Which country has the best chance of establishing a Common Market of Latin America?

3. Who was the nitrate King?

4. Which two Latin American countries have the highest infant mortality rates?

5. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why hasn't the industrialization of Latin American benefitted the countries?

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

3. Why do Latin American governments do nothing about all their funds flowing into foreign banks?

4. What is protectionism?

5. After Latin America was liberated from Spain, what country inherited its reins?

6. Why was the nitrate industry in Latin America abruptly halted?

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

8. How were the railroad tracks of Latin America laid?

9. Where is most of the USA's investment in Latin America concentrated?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What is protectionism? Has Latin American employed protectionism as a policy? Why or why not? What country or countries, according to the author, are the shining example of protectionism? How does protectionism work (or not work) as an economic policy?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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