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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through he Invisible Sources of Power.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much has Caracas grown in thirty years?
(a) 550%.
(b) 20%.
(c) .5%.
(d) 700%.

2. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?
(a) Arevalo was planning an invasion of the USA.
(b) Arevalo was rumored to be Communist.
(c) Rodolfo Armas was the rightful President.
(d) Rodolfo Armas had plans for agrarian reform.

3. What is the world's chief fuel?
(a) Petroleum.
(b) Copper.
(c) Water.
(d) Iron.

4. What was President Jose Manuel Balmaceda's goal for Chile?
(a) He wanted to compete with Brazil's rubber industry.
(b) He wanted to be elected to British parliament.
(c) He wanted to nationalize Chile's nitrate exports.
(d) He wanted to export more gold and silver.

5. What rationalization was used by the conquerors who enslaved the native populations?
(a) They would share the wealth with the Indians eventually.
(b) They declared the Indians owed them labor because of their defeat in the war.
(c) They claimed the Indians enjoyed the work.
(d) They denied that Indians had souls, and therefore were no better than beasts of burden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous saying was associated with Guanajuato?

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

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

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

5. What resources caused the boom of the Minas Gerais region?

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