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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Galeano claim to have written this book?
(a) He wants to have a talk with people.
(b) He thought it would be fun.
(c) He wants to make it mandatory for every dictator to read.
(d) He wants to throw it at the USA.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which countries were involved in the War of the Pacific, 1879?

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

3. What does Alcoa stand for?

4. What does the author name as a chief concern within Latin American countries?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Latin American governments do nothing about all their funds flowing into foreign banks?

2. How does Latin America compensate for the low prices of its exports?

3. How did Bolivia achieve general amnesty?

4. What is the official political image of de Rosas?

5. How did the USA get the Haitian ambassador to change his vote at an OAS conference?

6. What is Latin America's chief export?

7. How, in Argentina, are political and economic revolutionaries dealt with?

8. Who was General Velasco Alvarado and what did he do?

9. Describe the three "heartening" examples Galeano provides about the people's reception of his book.

10. What country holds most of Latin America's loans, and what percentage does this country hold?

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