STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM

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STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM

• LATI 50
• Introduction to Latin America

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TIME AND PLACE

• Tuesday, March 15
• Peterson 104
• 1130-229 p.m.
• Closed-book exam
• No cell phones, I-pods, or anything else
• Bring blue books and pens/pencils
• Write legibly!

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MATERIALS

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

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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

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SHORT ESSAYS (2/ 3 or 4 _at_ 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?

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LONG ESSAY (1/3or 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
  regions 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.