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STUDY GUIDE FOR MID-TERM

This study guide provides attendance policies, information about the mid-term exam, and a comprehensive review of key topics covered in the course on Latin America.

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STUDY GUIDE FOR MID-TERM

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  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 1-5 • Grade share: 33% (without optional paper) • Format: closed-book exam (no electronic devices) • Date: Thursday, February 23 (in class) • Duration: 80 minutes (2:00-3:20 pm) • Bring blue books and writing materials

  4. ABOUT THE MIDTERM (ii) • Readings: • Modern Latin America, introduction + chapters 1-5, 7-10, 12-13 • MLA website, Documents 3, 6, 14 • GarcíaMárquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold • Videos: • “Garden of the Forking Paths” • “Fire in the Mind” • Class Notes: • Lectures 1-10

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

  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?

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