If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Communication & Information Literacy - Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate complex historical information, including primary and secondary sources
- Critical Thinking & Scientific Reasoning - Generate arguments and derive conclusions by interpreting historical evidence.
- Cultural and Social Understanding - Assess the impact of colonial and pre-colonial developments on individuals and cultures in modern Latin America.
Evaluate the contributions of Amerindian, African, Asian, and European peoples and those of mixed ethno-racial heritage to the history and culture of Latin America.
Recognize and explain the economic, cultural, religious, social, political, and ecological interdependence of Latin America and the rest of the world.
- Pre-Columbian Civilizations - Identify and describe major Amerindian polities and their distinguishing characteristics.
- Conquest and Christianization - Assess the demographic, environmental, religious, social, and cultural consequences of Spanish and Portuguese colonization of the Americas.
- Colonial Society & Economy - Explain the effects of slavery and other exploitative labor systems on the colonial and global economies. Explain how Amerindian and African peoples resisted and adapted to colonial rule.
- Enlightenment & Reform in the 18th Century - Identify and analyze major political and economic changes that took place in the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the 18th century and evaluate how these changes impacted different social groups in Latin America.
- Revolution & Independence Identify and explain the causes of the wars of independence in Spanish America and the relocation of the Portuguese monarchy to Brazil. Assess the impact of the wars of independence on distinct social groups in Latin America.
- New Nations - Identify the main characteristics of constitutional regimes in Latin America, and explain their outcomes.
- Reform and Rebellion in the 19th Century -Identify the main liberal reforms in various Latin American countries and explain their outcomes.
- Neocolonialism - Assess the impact of foreign investment in and immigration to Latin America as well as the contribution of Latin American exports to the Industrial Revolution and the global economy.
Analyze the motives and consequences of U.S. interventions in Latin America.
- Upheaval in the Age of World Wars - Identify and explain the reasons why populist leaders and movements arose in several Latin American countries. Analyze the social and economic effects of their policies.
- The Cold War - Assess the impact of the Cold War on Latin America and its relationship with the United States.
- Latin America Today - Identify and explain major issues and challenges in contemporary Latin America and relate them to developments in colonial and post-colonial history.