A) An increase in income taxes B) Privatization of the municipal water supply C) A dispute over natural gas reserves D) The resignation of the president
A) World Bank and International Monetary Fund B) United Nations and Red Cross C) OAS and the European Union D) NATO and the World Trade Organization
A) 9 June 2005 B) 10 January 2000 C) 10 April 2000 D) 10 August 2001
A) $25 billion B) $25 million C) $10 million D) $0.30
A) $50,000 B) $0.30 C) $1 million D) $25 million
A) Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada B) Carlos Mesa C) Hugo Banzer D) Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé
A) Jorge Quiroga B) Carlos Mesa C) Manfred Reyes Villa D) Evo Morales
A) Manuel Rocha B) Hugo Banzer C) Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada D) Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé
A) Water B) Gold C) Lithium D) Natural gas
A) Carlos Mesa B) Evo Morales C) Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé D) Hugo Banzer
A) United States B) Chile C) Brazil D) Argentina
A) Jorge Quiroga B) Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé C) Hugo Banzer D) Carlos Mesa
A) Nearly 10% B) Nearly 21% C) Nearly 35% D) Nearly 50%
A) The Gas War B) Black October C) The Corporation D) Water Privatization
A) Allowed for a full renewal B) It was merged with the Supreme Court C) It moved to Cochabamba D) It was permanently dissolved
A) A military rebellion B) International pressure C) A popular uprising D) A congressional vote
A) 1982 B) 1980 C) 1989 D) 1985
A) 10,000% B) 50,000% C) 24,000% D) 5,000%
A) Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) B) Patriotic Accord (AP) C) Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR) D) Nationalist Democratic Action Party (ADN)
A) Over 50,000 B) Over 10,000 C) Over 20,000 D) Over 5,000
A) Jaime Paz Zamora B) Victor Paz Estenssoro C) Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada D) Hugo Banzer
A) Patriotic Accord (AP) B) CONDEPA/UCS/ADN C) ADN/MIR/MNR D) MNR/MBL/UCS
A) Privatization B) Nationalization C) Capitalization D) Socialization
A) Isaac Chavarria B) Oscar Eid C) Jaime Paz Zamora D) Hugo Banzer
A) 25% B) 75% C) 100% D) 50%
A) 6 August 1989 B) 6 August 1993 C) 6 August 1985 D) 6 August 1997
A) The banking sector B) The mining sector C) The oil refining sector D) The Chapare coca-growing region
A) Lima B) Chuquisaca C) Potosí D) Buenos Aires
A) Cerro de Plata B) Cerro Grande C) Cerro Rico D) Cerro Alto
A) 1776 B) 1558 C) 1568 D) 1784
A) 1568 B) 1776 C) 1558 D) 1784
A) Corregidor B) President of the Audiencia C) Governor of the Intendancy D) Viceroy
A) Four B) Two C) Six D) Eight
A) 1558 B) 1568 C) 1784 D) 1776
A) Chuquisaca B) Lima C) Buenos Aires D) Potosí
A) Audiencia system B) Intendancy system C) Corregidor system D) Viceroyalty system
A) Richest port B) Largest city C) Administrative capital D) Smallest village
A) 1527 B) 1537 C) 1532 D) 1524
A) Atahualpa B) Huayna Capac C) Huascar D) Manco Inca
A) 16 November 1532 B) 16 November 1537 C) 16 November 1548 D) 16 November 1524
A) Manco Inca B) Huascar C) Atahualpa D) Túpac Amaru
A) Santa Cruz de la Sierra B) Cajamarca C) Cuzco D) La Paz
A) 1561 B) 1548 C) 1532 D) 1538
A) 1561 B) 1548 C) 1538 D) 1572
A) Panamanians B) Upper Peruvians C) Chiriguano D) Inca
A) He was already dead. B) He believed those who commanded the mountains also controlled the coast. C) He was busy fighting the Chiriguano. D) He had signed a peace treaty with Pizarro.
A) Susceptibility to European diseases B) Lack of water resources C) Massive migration to the coast D) The harsh winter climate
A) Gonzalo Pizarro B) Diego de Almagro C) Hernando de Luque D) Manco Inca
A) Gonzalo Pizarro became the King of Peru. B) They signed a power-sharing agreement. C) The Spanish crown surrendered to the rebels. D) Gonzalo Pizarro was executed in 1548.
A) Lake Poopó B) Lake Uru Uru C) Lake Rogagua D) Lake Titicaca
A) Tiwanaku B) Olmec C) Aztec D) Maya
A) Pachacuti B) Túpac Amaru II C) Simon Bolivar D) Evo Morales
A) 1810 B) 1830 C) 1776 D) 1825
A) Rice B) Potato C) Wheat D) Corn
A) Flooded-raised fields B) Terrace farming C) Irrigation canals D) Slash and burn
A) Spanish conquest B) Inca invasion C) Food production collapse D) Volcanic eruption
A) Antisuyu B) Kuntisuyu C) Chinchaysuyu D) Qullasuyu
A) Llama B) Horse C) Vicuna D) Dog
A) Catholic clergy B) Military engineers C) Protestant missionaries D) Spanish merchants
A) 1582 B) 1552 C) 1623 D) 1605
A) 1605 B) 1582 C) 1552 D) 1623
A) It became the state religion B) It was strictly forbidden by the Pope C) It merged completely with Protestantism D) It disappeared rapidly
A) Foreign merchants B) Spanish governors C) Local Native American rulers D) The Catholic Church
A) Strict Puritanism B) A decline in all religious practice C) The return of ancient Incan polytheism D) A new folk Catholicism
A) They were anti-Christian B) They were pro-Catholic C) They were indifferent to religion D) They sought to expand the church
A) Protestant reform movements B) Strict secularism C) Traditional Inca mythology D) Messianic Christian symbolism
A) Calvinist B) Roman Catholic C) Lutheran D) Anglican
A) Entirely ignorant B) Tolerant C) Secretly supportive D) Violently opposed
A) 1605 B) 1623 C) 1552 D) 1582
A) By using the courts B) By fleeing to the mountains C) By signing treaties with the Spanish D) By forming a new government
A) Less than 50 B) Exactly 500 C) More than 100 D) Fewer than 10
A) José Gabriel Condorcanqui B) Bartolina Sisa C) Julián Apaza D) Tomás Catari
A) March 1783 B) January 1780 C) May 1781 D) December 1782
A) Tomás Catari B) Julián Apaza C) José Gabriel Condorcanqui D) Bartolina Sisa
A) Sexton B) Soldier C) Miner D) Priest
A) Exactly 30 days B) One full year C) More than 100 days D) Two weeks
A) Tomás Catari B) Julián Apaza C) Túpac Amaru D) Bartolina Sisa
A) 1783 B) 1790 C) 1780 D) 1781
A) Indigenous laborers B) Royalists C) Criollos D) Peninsulares
A) The Renaissance B) Feudalism C) Scholasticism D) The Enlightenment
A) Hundred Years' War B) Thirty Years' War C) Napoleonic Wars D) French Revolution
A) 1815 B) 1809 C) 1824 D) 1799
A) Ferdinand VII B) John of Portugal C) Joseph Bonaparte D) Louis XVIII
A) A trade union B) A monarchy C) A junta D) A parliament
A) Antonio José de Sucre B) Simón Bolívar C) Ramón García León de Pizarro D) Pedro Domingo Murillo
A) Vice-regencies B) Cabildos C) Republiquetas D) Provincias
A) Ramón García León de Pizarro B) Pedro Domingo Murillo C) Pedro Antonio de Olañeta D) Joseph Bonaparte
A) Treaty of Ancon B) Treaty of Yungay C) Treaty of Versailles D) Paucarpata Treaty
A) Chilean B) Peruvian C) Bolivian D) Argentinian
A) Brazil B) Argentina C) Peru D) Chile
A) Copper B) Gold C) Silver D) Tin
A) Lithium B) Coal C) Tin D) Iron
A) Socialist B) Mercantilist C) Laissez-faire D) Protectionist
A) La Paz War B) Mexican Revolution C) Chaco War D) Standard Oil War
A) Andean Petroleum Company B) Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos C) Bolivian National Oil D) State Mining Authority
A) 1941 B) 1964 C) 1952 D) 1932
A) René Barrientos B) Hugo Banzer C) Mamerto Urriolagoitía D) Víctor Paz Estenssoro
A) René Barrientos B) Hugo Banzer C) Luis García Meza D) Juan José Torres
A) Pacto Militar-Campesino B) Agrarian Coalition C) Military-Labor Accord D) Nationalist Revolutionary Pact
A) Mexico B) Brazil C) Argentina D) Peru |