1. STUDY GUIDE FOR MID-TERM
LATI 50
Introduction to Latin America

2. ATTENDANCE AT SECTIONS
An important component of course grade, as follows:
9-10 absences (failure in course)
5-8 absences (penalty = 2 letter grades)
3-4 absences (penalty = 1 letter grade)
1-2 absences (OK but you must explain absences to your TA)
Consult with your TA if there is any confusion or miscommunication about attendance!

3. ABOUT THE MIDTERM (i) Coverage: Weeks 1-6
Grade share: 33% (without optional paper)
Format: closed-book exam (no electronic devices)
Date: Thursday, May 16 (in class)
Duration: 80 minutes (2:00-3:20 pm)
Bring blue books and writing materials

4. ABOUT THE MIDTERM (ii) Readings: Videos: Class Notes:
Modern Latin America, introduction + chapters 1-6, 5, 3, 5-6, 9-10, 12-13
MLA website, Documents 3, 6, 14
García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Videos:
“Garden of the Forking Paths”
“Mirrors of the Heart”
Class Notes:
Lectures 1-12

5. STUDY GUIDE (a) Identify and state the significance of: Santiago Nasar
Bayardo San Román
Francisco Madero
Evita Perón
The “boom”
ISI
César Augusto Sandino
Mestizaje
Platt Amendment
NAFTA
Bureaucratic-authoritarian regimes
Augusto Pinochet
Hispanidad

6. STUDY GUIDE (b)
Compare the Spanish American path to independence with that of Brazil. What difference did it make?
How does Chronicle of a Death Foretold exemplify the phenomenon of “magical realism”?
Compare the Mexican Revolution with the Cuban Revolution.
Compare economic strategies in Chile and Argentina.
Describe Latin America’s patterns of democratization during the course of the twentieth century. What are the implications of these trends?