STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM LATI 50 Introduction to Latin America

TIME AND PLACE Tuesday, March 15 Peterson :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 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 (1/3or 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 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.