MOCK MID-TERM EXAMINATION

Political Science 146A

Winter 2014

SCOPE: WEEKS 1-6Videos:

• “Missing”

• “Balseros”

Reading:

• Smith, Talons, through chapter 12

• Domínguez and Fernández de Castro, chapters 1, 3, 6-8

Lectures:

• Sessions 1-6, at <pages.ucsd.edu/~phsmith>

I. DISCUSSION ITEMS (~30 points)Write short (two- to three-sentence) statements identifying and explaining the significance of such items as:

Roosevelt CorollaryJosé MartíAlliance for ProgressRafael TrujilloCharles HormanOrganization of American StatesEconomic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL)“dirty war”Truman DoctrineLulaSalvador AllendeGood Neighbor PolicyCésar Augusto SandinoMERCOSURBalseros

II. ESSAY QUESTIONS (~70 points) Be ready to write essays on such topics as:

1. Describe the concept of “manifest destiny” and its implications for U.S.-Latin American relations.

2. Describe and analyze the ideological content of Latin American reactions to the rise of U.S. power during the so-called “imperial era.” .

3. What were the principal political effects of the Cold War within Latin America?

4. Describe the short- and long-term effects of NAFTA.

5. How has Latin America played the “geo-economic game” since the 1990s? Which countries have been most successful? Why?

6. What have been the impacts on Latin America of 9/11 and the “global war on terror” ?