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STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM

STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM. LATI 50 Introduction to Latin America. TIME AND PLACE. Tuesday, March 15 HSS 1330 3:00-5:59 p.m. Closed-book exam No cell phones, I-pods, or anything else Bring blue books and pens/pencils Write legibly!. MATERIALS. Lectures (1-19) Readings

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STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM

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  1. STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM LATI 50 Introduction to Latin America

  2. TIME AND PLACE • Tuesday, March 15 • HSS 1330 • 3:00-5:59 p.m. • Closed-book exam • No cell phones, I-pods, or anything else • Bring blue books and pens/pencils • Write legibly!

  3. MATERIALS • Lectures (1-19) • Readings • Modern Latin America, entire • MLA Website Primary Documents 3, 6, 10, 14-15 • García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold • Videos • “Garden of the Forking Paths” • “Mirrors of the Heart” • “In Women’s Hands” • “The Americans: Latin and Caribbean Presence in U.S.” • “Builders of Images” + “Miracles Are Not enough” (parts)

  4. 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 Pink tide Dom Pedro II Liberation theology ALBA mestizaje

  5. SHORT ESSAYS (2/ 3 or 4 @ 20 points = 40 points) • Compare the relationships between race and social structure in Bolivia and either Brazil or the Dominican Republic. • 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.

  6. LONG ESSAY (1/2 or 3 = 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?

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