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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 major company quickened the downfall of Brazilian tape factory Adesite?

2. How does Latin America make up for what it loses in price?

3. Why does Galeano claim torture exists in dictatorships of Latin America?

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

5. What metaphor does the author use for Latin American "aid"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have foreign loans kept Latin America indebted to foreigners?

2. What are "negative lists"?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is it ironic that Haiti is the world's chief producer of baseballs?

8. How did Bolivia achieve general amnesty?

9. Has the nationalization of oil been beneficial for Venezuela?

10. Why did the Argentine financial center move to Buenos Aires?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the beginnings of the conquest of Latin America. What factors led the Spanish to finance Columbus's trip? What were the results of that voyage? What were the missions of Cortez and Pizarro? How did the natives react to the invasion? What were the factors in the defeat of the great civilizations of Latin America?

Essay Topic 2

What happened in the city of Potosi? What was Potosi's main export? Could Potosi be an example of a "metropolis-satellite" relationship? Why or why not? Who or whom mined the silver in Potosi? How were the veins of Potosi stripped? What is Potosi like today?

Essay Topic 3

Choose three major Latin American exports and examine their histories according to the text. Which countries export the products? Which countries purchase the products? How do the products play into the international market? Be sure to relate the histories according to the author.

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