Levels of Analysis
What are the levels of analysis?
Individual, National, and Systemic
What are the four worlds?
Political, economic, social, and cultural world
Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile
Which Latin American country borders the United States?
Mexico
What is a civil war?
A war between citizens of the same country
What do we analyze in the individual level of analysis?
People
We learned how El Salvador had high inflation during its civil war. What world does inflation belong to?
Economic world
What is lithium primarily used for?
Electric vehicle batteries
Which body of water touches El Salvador?
Pacific Ocean
Who directly fought in the Salvadoran Civil War?
Salvadoran government and FMLN
In our first session, we learned about Presidents Trump and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). What level of analysis is this?
Individual level
Political world
What natural resource is required for lithium extraction that threatens the survival of local communities?
Water
What is foreign policy?
The way in which a country interacts with other countries
We learned about how Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile each have different investment policies. What level of analysis are we using here?
National level
Bolivia has 37 official languages -- Spanish and 36 indigenous languages. This is an example of which world?
Cultural world
Which country is the most strict and which is the least strict for foreign investment?
Bolivia is the most strict. Argentina is the least strict.
Which mountain range separates Argentina and Chile?
Andes Mountains
Which region of Chile receives less than one inch of rain per year?
Atacama
What is the focus of the systemic level of analysis?
Power
What were some of the social consequences of the Salvadoran civil war?
Poverty, illiteracy, separated families.
Which matters more -- money or community?
Any defensible answer is valid.
La Paz and Sucre
What was Trump's foreign policy response to Mexican drug cartels?
Designate them as terrorists