STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM #2 READINGS QUESTIONS FALL 2009

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



#2 "Post-Apartheid Vineyards"
42. reason why whites dominated commercial agriculture under apartheid



43. tot on dop system



44. impacts of ending apartheid on wine industry



45. criticisms of South Africa's land reform



#4 "The Fight to Save Congo's Forests"
46. reason why Congo's forests survived intact until recently



47. the role of the World Bank



#5 "The Long Journey of a Young Democracy"
48. problems with government civil service



#6 "Underwriting Liberian Rebirth"
49. reconstruction efforts in Liberia



#9 "On the Brink"
50. reasons for the AIDs explosion




COURSEPACK: Rodney:

51. Importance of the power to act independently

52. role of native reserves


COURSEPACK: Williams:

53. Two types of British colonies up to 1776

54. reasons for slavery

55. the primary defect of slavery

56. the relationship between slavery and racism

57. indentured servants

58. differences between white servants and slaves

59. disadvantages of white indentured servants compared to slaves

60. the myth that white indentured servitude disproves



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

61. Coltan

62. tantalum and its uses

63. benefits of coltan mining

64. effects of the coltan price decline


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

66. negative impacts of trade with China on Africa