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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. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.
(b) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.
(c) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.
(d) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.

2. What are the environmental problems with many of Latin America's cash crops?
(a) Coffee, sugarcane, and cotton are primarily consumed by the farmers.
(b) Many of the cash crops are eaten by animals.
(c) Coffee, sugarcane, and cotton all require mass deforestation.
(d) Many of the cash crops are failing and leaving large swaths of empty land.

3. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?
(a) To learn of the native peoples of the strange new land.
(b) To serve God and His Majesty and also to get riches.
(c) To build houses and start a new civilization.
(d) To bring the natives European literature and guns.

4. 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 rated Brazilian crude oil a "C".
(c) They attempted a blockade of the Brazilian coastline.
(d) They created a conflict with the Brazilian government.

5. How were the rubber workers in Brazil paid?
(a) They were paid in kind, with dried meat, manioc flour, and unrefined sugar.
(b) There were paid with visits to their families abroad.
(c) They were paid with fine cloths and ribbons.
(d) They were paid with gold coins on an hourly rate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Haiti, what does the rainbow symbolize?

2. What did Andre Gunder Frank discover upon analyzing the history of Latin America's "metropolis-satellite" relationships?

3. Especially in Guatemala, what is the structure of the labor force visibly identified with?

4. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?

5. What is expropriation?

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