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(Photo by Jack Child, Falklands/Malvinas Islands, 1993)

This is Lesson 23: A Look South: the 1982 Anglo-Argentine War

Multiple choice questions for the Lesson (click on the correct answer; if you are wrong, you will be told so (politely); if you are right you will get a confirmation):

MC-1. Perón's policy toward the Malvinas/Falklands was:

a. strongly nationalistic

b. resigned to a permanent British presence

c. cooperative

d. isolated from any Antarctic policies

 

MC-2. Chile's position in the Malvinas/Falklands conflict was:

a. clearly neutral

b. officially neutral but leaning toward the British

c. officially neutral but leaning toward the Argentines

d. isolated from any Antarctic policies

Short-answer questions for the Lesson. Instructions: If you are not sure about the answer and would like a hint, click on the figure labeled "Hint".

Note: In later versions of this web site we plan to make it possible for you to type your answer directly on the web site and send it back to the instructor electronically. For the moment you might want to type your answers in a word processing program and let the instructor have them for extra credit (on paper or electronically via email to jchild@american.edu). We may also be discussing these questions orally in class, and similar questions will appear in unannounced quizzes.

SA-1: Describe the geography of the Islands

SA-2: What is the contemporary geopolitical significance of the Islands?

SA-3 Describe the early history of the Islands.

SA-4: Why did General Galtieri (unelected President in 19881-82) feel the US might support Argentina's taking of the Islands?

SA-5: Why was the war described as "a slow-motion 19th Century conflict fought with some very deadly 20th Century weapons"?

SA-6: What did an Argentine newspaper mean when it called the Islands "a British path to the Antarctic"?

SA-7: What is the historic geopolitical significance of the Islands?

SA-8: How did the 1982 war affect US relations with Latin America?

SA-9: Why was there hope in the 1960's and 70's that a solution to the problem of the Islands' sovereignty was being forged?

SA-10: Describe the love-hate relationship between Argentina and Great Britain.

SA-11: What is "tri-Continental Argentina"?

SA-12: Question from McNees, pp. 232-245, María Luisa Bombal. "The Tree": What is "magic realism", and how does it appear in this story?

SA-13: Question from McNees, pp. 232-245, María Luisa Bombal. "The Tree": How does the tree become more real than her husband to Brigida?

SA-14: Question from McNees, pp. 280-290, Gabriel García Márquez, "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon": What do we know about the author?

SA-15: Question from McNees, pp. 280-290, Gabriel García Márquez, "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon": What does this story tell us about small-town life in Colombia?