1. STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL EXAM
LATI 50
Introduction to Latin America

2. TIME AND PLACE Thursday, March 22 CSB 001 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, entire
MLA Website Primary Documents 3, 6, and Basic Data and Current Issues 2.B
García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Videos
“Garden of the Forking Paths”
“Fire in the Mind”
“Mirrors of the Heart”
“In Women’s Hands”
“Builders of Images” (part)
“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 Pink tide Dom Pedro II Liberation theology ALBA Lula

5. SHORT ESSAYS (2/ 3 or 4 @ 20 points = 40 points)
Compare the relationships between race and social structure in Bolivia and either Brazil or the Dominican Republic.
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?