Keyterms en espanol
_________________ is a Spanish term used to identify an individual of mixed racial categories whereas _________________ is a just a non-Spanish term for those that share a sense of belonging, language, culture, etc.
mestizo; nation
_________________ is the predominant religion across Latin America.
(Roman) Catholicism
Name the three groups that make up the traditional oligarchy.
The military, the elite landowners, the Roman Catholic Church
_________________ refers to an economic and political bloc currently made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay that seeks to expand free trade and the flow of goods, currency, and peoples among these states to promote economic gains for all.
MERCOSUR
What reality TV show made Trump a household name in the 2000s
The Apprentice
A _________________, a Spanish term, is a form of political takeover
autogolpe
_________________, the “George Washington of Latin America"
Simon Bolivar
Which regime type generally does better at providing social programs such as education and healthcare to the masses
Democracies:
Democratic regimes devote more resources to social programs like health, education, and welfare than do autocrats. Heightened electoral competition
The early 20th century is characterized by _________________, a trade and economic policy after the Great Depression that advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production of goods. In many but not all states this occurs alongside the growth of _________________ in the region, a socioeconomic theory that government control of the means of production was necessary and adopted by several Latin American movements. But also common in this era is _________________ , the exchange of goods for votes and a social order based on patronage. All three are common across the region.
Import-Substitution Industrialization; Marxism; clientelism
What 30 Rock actor regularly fills in on SNL as Donald Trump
Alec Baldwin
_________________ is characterized by having a larger than life figure that is feared and omnipotent and authoritarian who makes the state and it's governing structure about them.
personalismo
_________________ was the term for the financial crisis across Latin America in the 1980s.
The "Lost Decade"
What are the two broad types of authoritarianism we discussed and explain them.
Given the broad range of years, what are the three eras that we divide the 20th century into when considering how the region as a whole changed over time? What characterized each?
1900-1939: oligarchic competition.
1940-1977: the partial rise and near total collapse of electoral democracy.
1978-2000:Sudden flourish of electoral democracy across region.
A prominent figure in the current Trump impeachment inquiry, what job did Volodymyr Zelensky have before becoming president of Ukraine.
President of Ukraine (on TV)
_________________, a Spanish term for the prolonging of one’s term in office
continuismo
The _________________ was a policy prescription imposed to make Latin American states liberalize their economies
Washington Consensus
We discussed four broad categories of post-military rule and the challenges that exist with moving beyond military rule. Name and describe one of them.
Military Control
Military Tutelage
Conditional Military Subordination
Civilian Control
Prior to electoral democracy, what are the three phases or forms of political rule we see and can divide the 20th century into in the case of Latin America?
Recently, a Trump tweet brought renewed life to what Nickelback song?
Photograph
_________________ is a Spanish term for military or paramilitary strongmen fighting for control of territory or the control of an entire country in the post-independence era.
caudillismo
The _________________ refers to shift to left-wing governments in Latin American democracies
Pink Tide
Looking across nineteen countries from 1900 to 2000 we can understand how electoral democracy has grown or declined in place to place and we can divide those into categories? List and explain two of them.
Democratic
Semi-Democratic
Oligarchic
Non-Democratic
Briefly compare and contrast the history of Spanish and Portuguese colonialism in Latin America.
-Age of Discovery, wiping out of indigenous groups, imported systems of governance/institutions, "ready-made peasantry," feudalism and precious metals, colonial economics (latifundia vs. encomienda), spread of Christianity, creoles vs. peninsulares, ends with French invasion back in Europe; post-independence outcomes for new states (Spanish vs. Portuguese examples; Brazil's monarchy and corporatism vs. what happens in other states)
Which ex-Trump press secretary is now Dancing with the Stars
Sean Spicer