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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. From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, what peoples were the center of the slave trade?
(a) Irish.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Australians.
(d) Africans.

2. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?
(a) Glass.
(b) Corn.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Wheat.

3. What Aztec innovation in Mexico City is still visited by tourists today?
(a) The floating gardens.
(b) The pyramids of Cairo.
(c) The golden mask.
(d) The great sundial.

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

5. What was the first Latin American country to install an oil refinery?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Uruguay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Juan Jose Arevalo's government overthrown by Rodolfo Armas, backed by the USA?

2. What country basically owns the Central American banana industry?

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

4. What was the key to success in the sugar industry?

5. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?

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