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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Premature Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the great natural resource of Lake Maracaibo?
(a) Tin.
(b) Oil.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bauxite.

2. What Latin American countries were involved in the War of the Pacific?
(a) Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
(b) Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil.
(c) Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
(d) Venezuela, Argentina, and Ecuador.

3. What Hapsburg King of Spain was obsessed with religious wars, draining Spain's coffers and exploited Latin America?
(a) Henry VIII.
(b) Ferdinand of Aragon.
(c) Louis XI.
(d) Charles V.

4. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1701.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1865.

5. About how much of the price yielded by coffee going from Colombia to the US goes into the wages of the coffee workers?
(a) 25%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 0.5%
(d) 5%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Juan Vicente Gomez?

2. What invention was a major factor in Britain's industrial revolution?

3. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?

4. What labor force did the author eyewitness?

5. Because of a deal with the USA, in how many years may Brazil run out of manganese for its own steel industry?

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