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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through King Sugar and Other Agricultural Monarchs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?
(a) Asia.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Finland.
(d) Australia.

2. How much silver was retained in the Spanish economy from 1540-1550?
(a) About half: the silver stimulated Spain's economy while also paying off the country's debt.
(b) Almost none: the silver went to pay Spain's debts to other countries.
(c) Exactly one-fourth: the numbers are recorded with exact precision.
(d) Almost all: the silver stayed in Spain an made the country rich.

3. How did American interests in Venezuelan crude oil attempt to derail the Brazilian crude oil economy?
(a) They tried to blackmail the USSR into only using Venezuelan oil.
(b) They created a conflict with the Brazilian government.
(c) They rated Brazilian crude oil a "C".
(d) They attempted a blockade of the Brazilian coastline.

4. What Spanish city was reconquered in 1492 under the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Salamanca.
(d) Granada.

5. What did Haitians do to avoid forced labor in the mines?
(a) They rebelled and drove the Spaniards away.
(b) They committed mass suicide.
(c) They poisoned the Spanish in great numbers.
(d) They ran away and resettled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?

2. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?

3. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?

4. What was the great Aztec capital city?

5. What is expropriation?

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