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STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM

This study guide provides information on the time, place, and format of the final exam for the course, along with the required materials and discussion topics. It covers various aspects of Latin American history, politics, culture, and economics. The guide includes short and long essay questions to help students review and evaluate their understanding of the course content.

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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 18 • Location TBA • 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 (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 Women’s Hands” • “Builders of Images” • “The Americans: Latin and Caribbean Presence in U.S.”

  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 Dom Pedro II Liberation theology ALBA Lula OAS

  5. 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.

  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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