STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM #2 READINGS QUESTIONS FALL 2007

This is a list of potential terms and major points from the readings that were not covered in lecture, but that could be used for making up the approximately ten questions on the exam based solely on the readings. For each of the terms and major points listed below for each reading, the best strategy is to write out the entire definition or summarize the major point from each section listed in a sentence or two, and then study this list just as you would study the lecture notes. Good luck!

LATIN AMERICA AND BRAZIL

Andre Gunder Frank: "The Development of Underdevelopment" (in the coursepack)

1. Sao Paulo's industrial growth and its effects on the rest of Brazil

2. Frank's five hypotheses

3. the example of Japan during the Meiji Restoration


Kevin Neuhouser: Modern Brazil

Chapter 3

4. traits of Portuguese colonists in Brazil

5. saudade

6. three major ethnic groups of African slaves

7. why African slaves in Brazil were able to maintain some cultural integrity

8. quilombos

9. causes of race mixing

10. Life chances

11. Reasons why members of different races interact without tension


Chapter 5

12. weapons of the weak

13. marginals


Chapter 8

14. African spiritism

15. Kardecism

16. Umbanda

17. potential effects of Pentecostalism on Brazilian culture



AFRICA

GLOBAL STUDIES: AFRICA

"Africa: Looking for a Renaissance"

18. the art of personal relationships

19. limits on Africa's ability to fight AIDs



"Central Africa: Possibilities for Cooperation"

20. Role of rivers

21. European concessions companies



"Democratic Republic of the Congo"

22. how Belgian crimes in the Congo were exposed

23. evolved ones

24. role of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Congo

25. kleptocracy

"East Africa: A Mixed Inheritance"

26. reasons for pastoralism

27. role of South Asian laborers



"Rwanda"

28. "Zero Network"


"Somalia"

29. role of Cuba and the Soviet Bloc


"Sudan"

30. the main division in Sudanese society that underlies the civil war

31. the role of oil

"North Africa: The Crossroads of the Continent"




"Southern Africa: The Continuing Struggle for Self-Determination"

32. changes during the Mfecane period

33. Southern African Development Community



"South Africa"

34. Three classifications for nonwhites under apartheid

35. "Pass Laws"

36. homelands

37. role of Mohandas Ghandhi



"West Africa: Seeking Unity in Diversity"

38. goals of ECOWAS



"Guinea"

39. Guinea's major economic problem



"Liberia"

40. The Open Door policy



"Nigeria"

41. Three major ethnolinguistic groups


"From Rubble to Revival"

42. the greening movement


"Analysis: Defining Genocide"

43. the UN definition of genocide

44. genocide and "verbal inflation"


"A New Generation of African Leaders"

45. the impacts of brain drain on Africa


"In Africa, AIDs and Famine Now Go Hand in Hand"

46. the effects of AIDs on agriculture


"In Mandela's Shadow"

47. President Mbeki and his ideas about AIDs in South Africa

"Disconnected Continent: The Difficulties of the Internet in Africa"

48. main problems with using the Internet in Africa

"Medicine Without Doctors"

49. effective methods to treat AIDs in Africa

"Sudan's Ragtag Rebels"

50. the goals of the SLA rebels

"Responding to the Special Needs of Children: Educating HIV/AIDs Orphans in Kenya"

51. the guiding philosophy for Kenya's education

"Challenges for the African Union"

52. the NEPAD Peer Review

"A Woman's Rite"

53. the impacts of female genital mutilation

COURSEPACK: Rodney:

54. Importance of the power to act independently

55. role of native reserves


COURSEPACK: Williams:

56. Two types of British colonies up to 1776

57. reasons for slavery

58. the primary defect of slavery

59. the relationship between slavery and racism

60. indentured servants

61. differences between white servants and slaves

62. disadvantages of white indentured servants compared to slaves

63. the myth that white indentured servitude disproves



COURSEPACK: Harden: "A Black Mud From Africa Helps Power the New Economy"

64. Coltan

65. tantalum and its uses

66. benefits of coltan mining

67. effects of the coltan price decline


COURSEPACK: Polgreen and French "China's Trade with Africa Carries a Price Tag"
68. positive impacts of trade with China on Africa

69. negative impacts of trade with China on Africa