ICSP404 Regional Studies: Latin America / López / 2010.
Latin America Questionnaire
Send the answers to: miguel.lopez@jyu.fi under the subject: Latin America
Questionnaire. The deadline is March 12, 2010.
1) Traslate into English:
Are utzijoxik wa‘e
k‘a katz‘ininoq,
k‘a kachamamoq,
katz‘inonik,
k‘a kasilanik,
k‘a kalolinik,
katolona puch upa kaj
2) From where is the text you just translated? What is Chilam Balam?
3) What is the legend of ”La Llorona” about?
4) What do the works by the Mexicans David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Clemente
Orozco and Jorge González Camarena have in common?
5) Who wrote: “Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.”
("When [s]he awoke, the dinosaur was still there.")? And, why is this so
famous?
6) Have a look at this incredible (crazy!) list of skin colours
(http://www.zonalatina.com/Zldata55.htm). I think I am a 27. And you?
7) Go to: http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com. What is written about the
Falklands? What are the headlines of Feb. 17, 2010?
8) Who was Andrés Bello?
9) Go to: http://www.mapsack.com/theme/coral_reef. According to this list,
which are the top 2 coral reefs in Latin America?
10)
Which Latin American countries are in the top 10 banana exporters?
11)
What is “bitter water”? What is the etymology of “avocado” and
“guacamole”?
12)
Read page 24 of this document:
http://www.finnwatch.org/pdf/costarica.pdf
Tell me in a few words what it is about.
13)
After the members of the Sulzberger family, who is the biggest
shareholder of the New York Times Company?
14)
What is the violent period that began with the death of Jorge E. Gaitán?
15)
On January 25, 1999 an earthquake killed many people in a Colombian
city. What is the name of the city and what is its situation nowadays?
16)
Look in the Wikipedia for the Helms-Burton Act. What was the reaction
of the EU, Mexico and Canada?
17)
Visit these pages:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124078829185157449.html
http://www.aei.org/article/6632
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Eduardo_Galeano/Open_Veins_Latin_Am
erica.html
http://reason.com/archives/2000/08/01/banana-republics-with-nuts
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/55981/kenneth-maxwell/guide-to-theperfect-latin-american-idiot
And now the question...What is the name of the famous writer who is the
father of one of the authors of the book that is not written by the Marxist
Eduardo Galeano? Also name two work of this famous writer.
18)
Here you can find that the USA supported three different Somozas as
dictator of Nicaragua:
http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/griffin/ps543/Timeline%20of%20USLatin%20American%20Relations%20since%201823.htm
What is the name of these Somozas?
19)
Who was the last president of the political party COPEI?
20)
What is the name of the famous leader of the most important Maoist
guerrilla of Latin America?
21)
Who founded the APRA? Why does APRA have a relevance beyond its
national borders?
22)
Who were the “descamisados”? Who was the idol of these
“descamisados”?
23)
Look at this list:
http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/English/English_welcome.htm
What is the name of the Latin American dictator that helped many Nazi
criminals? What was the work that the father of this dictator did in his home
country?
24)
Copy-paste this: “Bains, Alexander; Babel, Leo; Brooking, William”.
What is the name of the place where these fellows rest?
25)
There are an estimated 60 billion barrels of oil in an archipelago situated
in the South Atlantic Ocean. What is the name of the capital of this
archipelago? What happened there in 1982?
26)
Why was Chico Mendes assassinated?
27)
Read on the Internet about Joaquín José da Silva Xavier. What is the
meaning of his nickname?
28)
Read: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/world/16chinaloan.html
What is the opinion of the economist Dante Sica?
29)
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Latin_American
What is the name of the Japanese Peruvian who was President of his
country? Who is Keiko?
30)
What is the name of the tango that people listen the day that was the most
famous tango singer was put to rest in La Chacarita?
31)
If you did not know... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo_soy_Betty,_la_fea
Betty is Betty in Colombia or in the United States but, what about in India,
Serbia, Belgium, Greece and Germany? Another question: What is the relation
between Dove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_(brand)) and Betty (Wudi)
in China?
32)
In your opinion, what are the top 3 cities to live in Latin America?
33)
In Ushuaia, you can take a tourist train. What the name of this train in
Spanish and in English? Why?
34)
What is the relation between Fitzcarraldo, Enrico Caruso and Manaus?
35)
What is the name of the Brazilian music group that played with Paul
Simon in New York’s Central Park about 20 years ago? Look in YouTube for a
video of the group. What kind of music do they play?
36)
What can you buy in a market in Tarabuco that looks like the helmets
worn by the Spanish conquistadores?
37)
Write a typical recipe for cuy (guinea pigs). Read this:
http://cavyhistory.tripod.com/
38)
In question 31 we named Betty, the ugly. Where can we find Remedios,
the beauty? Which of these three senses would you relate to Remedios:
hearing, smell or taste? Why?
39)
Name the two most famous soccer teams from Argentina. Why do they
have English names? Now watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiYYSradplU&feature=related
Who scored the second goal?
40)
Read this article about the Amazon: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LOG6.php
Please, send me some others links about this matter. What do you think about
it?