4th Period Only, 20 November 2007, Tuesday

20 November 2007
Dr. Smith
Room #267
4th Period (only)
World History II

Hand out Study Guides--Section 3 and Section 4--for Chapter 25 Test the first day back, Monday, after Thanksgiving break.

Chapter 25 Section 4 Economic Imperialism in Latin America

Answer Ch. 25 Sec. 4

Checkpoint (s)

What factors undermined democracy in post-independence Latin America?

What struggles did Mexico go through as it tried to find stability in the 1800s?

How did foreign influence and investment affect Latin America?

How did the United States act as an imperialist power in Latin America?

Map

Imperialism in Latin America, 1898–1917

Map Skills

In the early 1900s, European powers held possessions in Latin America. The United States often intervened to protect business interests there.

1. Locate

(a) Cuba (b) Canal Zone (c) British Guiana (d) Honduras

2. Location

Why did the United States have a particularly strong interest in Latin American affairs?

3. Identify Point of View

What natural resources drew the Dutch to Dutch Guiana?

Home Work

Reading Skill: Recognize Multiple Causes

2. Use your completed charts to answer the Focus Question: How did Latin American nations struggle for stability, and how did industrialized nations affect them?

Critical Thinking and Comprehension

Express Problems Clearly

3. What problems faced new nations in Latin America?

Recognize Cause and Effect

4. How did the cycle of economic dependence continue after independence?

Synthesize Information

5. Describe two ways the United States influenced Latin America.

Draw Conclusions

6. Why might developing nations encourage foreign investment? Do you think foreign investors should have the right to intervene in another nation’s affairs to protect their investments? Explain.

Extra Credit

"Writing About History"