1. LATE-TERM EXAMINATION STUDY GUIDE Political Science 146A Spring 2016

2. TIME AND PLACE Center 214 5:00-6:30 p.m. May 25, 2016 Bring your own blue books and writing utensils Write legibly All cell phones off!!!

3. SCOPE: WEEKS 1-8 Videos: “Missing” “South of the Border” “Maria Full of Grace” “The 800 Mile Wall” Reading: Smith, Talons, through chapter 14 Holden & Zolov, Selections Lectures: Sessions 1-8, at

4. STRUCTURE Part I. Discussion Items = 30 points –6 out of 10 –maybe 4 from Study Guide –~half-hour total Part II Short Essays = 70 points –2 out of 3 or 4 –30 minutes each

5. I. DISCUSSION ITEMS Write short (two- to three-sentence) statements identifying and explaining the significance of such items as: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Alliance for Progress IMF Cuban American National Foundation Operation Just Cause “dirty war” “devil” speech Merida Initiative Platt Amendment TPP FMLN FTAA Vicente Fox

6. II. ESSAY QUESTIONS Be ready to write essays on such topics as: 1.Describe and analyze the ideological content of Latin American reactions to the rise of U.S. power during the so-called “imperial era.”. 2.What were the principal political effects of the Cold War within Latin America? 3.Describe the short- and long-term effects of NAFTA. 4.How has Latin America played the “geo-economic game” since the 1990s? Which countries have been most successful? Why? 5.What have been the impacts on Latin America of the “war on drugs”? 6.What have been the impacts on Latin America of 9/11 and the “global war on terror” ?