STUDY GUIDE
FOR MID-TERM
LATI 50
Introduction to Latin America
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!
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
ABOUT THE MIDTERM (ii)
• Readings:
– Modern Latin America, introduction + chapters 1-6, 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
STUDY GUIDE (a)
Identify and state the significance of:
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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
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?