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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?

2. After the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, who eventually claimed the land Paraguay won in the conflict?

3. What area's maps were given to private concerns with the aid of a US government geological survey?

4. How much of the native population of Latin American died of diseases contracted from the invaders?

5. From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century, what peoples were the center of the slave trade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "expropriation"?

2. What is a "pongo"?

3. How did the USA attempt to derail the Brazilian oil market?

4. Though coffee and petroleum are invaluable on a world market, why does Latin America still not profit from having these resources in abundance?

5. What were some of the major accomplishments, etc, that Latin American sugar and slave trade contributed to directly?

6. Why was guano, or nitrate, so valuable to Europeans?

7. What is responsible for the collapse of Brazil's rubber industry?

8. What illegal activity costs Brazil upwards of $100 million a year?

9. How did the USA attempt to discourage the world market from purchasing oil from Brazil?

10. How has the coffee industry hurt the people of Latin America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to "Seven Years Later," has Latin America made any progress since the novel was originally published? Why or why not? Have any areas gained ground at all? Have any areas lost ground? How, internationally, can the world market attribute to Latin America's advancement?

Essay Topic 2

What are the major problems Latin American faces economically? Politically? Socially? Internationally? Can you see any way to mend these problems? Choose two Latin American countries and explain how their societies could change for the better.

Essay Topic 3

"The internal market, limited by the poverty of the masses, cannot sustain the development of manufacturers beyond certain limits" (p. 169). How is this quote applicable again and again in Latin American history? Find three situations where this quote proves true, and unpack the reasons why.

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