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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much of Mexico did the USA conquer with Texas?
(a) One-third.
(b) All.
(c) None.
(d) Half.

2. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?
(a) China.
(b) Morocco.
(c) India.
(d) Australia.

3. What region is the world's top coffee producer?
(a) Australia.
(b) Asia.
(c) Latin America.
(d) Africa.

4. How much of Latin America was predicted to be in foreign creditors' hands by 1980?
(a) 80%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 100%.

5. What is silicosis?
(a) A region of Bolivia that is completely uninhabited.
(b) A disease of the lungs that kills many Latin American tin miners.
(c) A condition where the sufferer cannot stop laughing.
(d) A policy of government that excludes Bolivia from the international market.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do miners chew to counteract some effects of working in the tin mines?

2. Who is the "king of tin"?

3. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?

4. What law did Juan Domingo Peron impose in Argentina in compliance with minimum wage?

5. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?

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