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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many votes, compared to the USA, do Latin American countries have in IMF?
(a) More than half.
(b) 13.
(c) More than two-thirds.
(d) Less than half.

2. In 1975, how many times greater was Latin America's external debt than in 1968?
(a) Twenty times greater.
(b) Three times greater.
(c) Ten times greater.
(d) Two times greater.

3. What company owns Brazilian iron?
(a) Minas Gerais.
(b) IMF.
(c) The Hanna Mining Corporation.
(d) Bethlehem Steel.

4. Why must the USA purchase so many of its minerals abroad?
(a) The USA lacks sufficient natural mineral deposits.
(b) The USA is controlled by Britain.
(c) The USA cannot afford to mine its own mineral deposits.
(d) The USA enjoys foreign trade.

5. According to the "Capitalist Manifesto", what natural code governs human life?
(a) The Pythagorean Theorem.
(b) The law of sides.
(c) The law of gravity.
(d) The law of the jungle.

6. Mexican cattle consume more _________ than the campesinos who tend to them?
(a) Protein.
(b) Air.
(c) Land.
(d) Grass.

7. What area of Latin America was specifically photographed by a US geological survey?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) The Andes.
(d) Amazonia.

8. Since the novel was published, what Latin American country has nationalized its oil production?
(a) Chile.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Venezuela.

9. In Brazil, what was Law 56,571, pass on July 6, 1965?
(a) This law annulled law 56,570.
(b) This law put a tax on land.
(c) This law reserved the petrochemical industry for the state.
(d) This law gave all citizens social security.

10. For what industry is the USA most dependent on foreign imports?
(a) The meat and cattle industry.
(b) The paper industry.
(c) The textile industry.
(d) The ability to wage war.

11. What item(s), smuggled out of Brazil, costs the country about $100 million a year?
(a) Water.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Gold.
(d) Sheep.

12. In the 1800s, what country was the chief importer into Latin America?
(a) Spain.
(b) The USA.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Britain.

13. How long, on average, do Haitians live?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 73 years.
(d) 22 years.

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

15. For what sporting good is Haiti the chief producer?
(a) Boxing gloves.
(b) Basketballs.
(c) Pull-up bars.
(d) Baseballs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How, in the 1800s, did Britain pay for most of its Latin American goods?

2. Who is Simon Ituri Patino?

3. What is a tojo?

4. How long did it take to squander the nitrate deposits in Peru?

5. What kind of development is currently characteristic in Latin America?

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