STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM LATI 50 Introduction

STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM LATI 50 Introduction to Latin America

TIME AND PLACE • Tuesday, March 15 • Peterson 104 • 11: 30 -2: 29 p. m. • • Closed-book exam No cell phones, I-pods, or anything else Bring blue books and pens/pencils Write legibly!

MATERIALS • Lectures (all) • Readings – Modern Latin America, 8 th edition, entire – MLA Website, Selected Documents – García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold • Videos – “Garden of the Forking Paths” – “Mirrors of the Heart” – “In Women’s Hands” – “Builders of Images” – “The Americans: Latin and Caribbean Presence in U. S. ”

DISCUSSION ITEMS (10/ 12 = 30 points) Write short (two- or three-sentence) statements identifying and explaining the significance of such items as: Mariano Azuela Washington Consensus Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Platt Amendment Concertación Dom Pedro II Liberation theology ALBA Lula OAS

SHORT ESSAYS (2/ 3 or 4 @ 20 points = 40 points) • Describe and evaluate changes in the political status of women in Latin America. • What factors explain the decline of revolutionary fervor in Latin America? • Compare the political, economic, and cultural resources of Latino communities in Florida, New York, and California. • What have been the most important consequences for Latin America of the “war on drugs”?

LONG ESSAY (1/3 or 4 = 30 points) • It has often been said that Latin American culture cannot support political democracy. Evaluate this statement on the basis of evidence presented in this course. • Describe the evolution of key economic policies in Latin America from the late nineteenth century to the present. Are you optimistic about the region’s economic future? • Analyze the role of Catholicism in Latin American society. Has it varied over time and place? • Think up a question that captures a central theme of the course; explain its significance; then write an answer.