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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. If slaves arrived in the colony and were too ill to work, what happened to them?
(a) They were sent back to Africa to recover.
(b) They were taken to the plantation anyway.
(c) They were left on the ship's deck to die.
(d) They were put in a hospital to recover.

2. What great mathematical principle did the Mayans discover before any other people in history?
(a) Pi.
(b) The circumference of the earth.
(c) General relativity.
(d) The concept of zero.

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

4. 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.

5. What analogy does Paul Baran use to explain the division of labor with the arrival of capitalism?
(a) The horseman and the horse.
(b) The priest and his congregation.
(c) The mother and the son.
(d) The actor and the audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the environmental problems with many of Latin America's cash crops?

2. Who was Aleijadinho?

3. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?

4. How did Asia acquire rubber tree seeds?

5. What are the origins of the Indian women's style of dress?

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