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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. In 1962, how did the US secure the Haitian delegate's vote at the OAS conference?

2. What is a tojo?

3. What item(s), smuggled out of Brazil, costs the country about $100 million a year?

4. What metaphor does the author use to describe industry in Latin America?

5. Mexican cattle consume more _________ than the campesinos who tend to them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the USA begin to take over interests in Latin America?

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

3. Where is most of the USA's investment in Latin America concentrated?

4. What is Latin America's chief export?

5. What are "negative lists"?

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

7. Why is Latin America unable to expand its trade horizon?

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

9. Without what, according to the author, would the USA not have been able to become independent?

10. Why, according to Galeano, has he written this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Has Galeano's novel changed your worldview? Why or why not? What was the most surprising thing you read in the novel? Are you morally opposed to anything that you read? Why or why not? Feel free to use properly cited quotations from the text.

Essay Topic 2

What is protectionism? Has Latin American employed protectionism as a policy? Why or why not? What country or countries, according to the author, are the shining example of protectionism? How does protectionism work (or not work) as an economic policy?

Essay Topic 3

Why has the USA historically benefited by "not being important," while Latin America's fate has been seal by its importance? What kinds of resources are found in Latin America that are not found in the USA? In the beginning, how was the colonization of the USA different from the colonization of Latin America? Name radical differences in the economic policies of the USA and Latin America.

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