LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – APPLIED HISTORY

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2011

HT 4815 – HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA & AFRICA

 

 

Date : 09-04-2011             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 9:00 – 12:00

 

PART – A

 

Answer any FOUR in about 100 words each                                                 4×5=20

1. Protectionist Policy
2. Pan Africanism
3. Apartheid
4. King John of Portugal
5. Remember Maine
6. Monroe Doctrine

 

PART – B

 

Answer any TWO of the following in about 200 words each                       2×10=20

 

7. Bring out the various causes for the geographical discoveries of Africa.
8. Outline the achievements of Kwame Nkrumah.
9. Explain the role of conquerors in consolidating Spain’s grip over Latin America.
10. Briefly write about the Independence of the Island of Hispaniola.

 

PART – C

 

Answer any THREE of the following in about 1200 words                      3×20=60

 

11. Examine the various processes that involved in the Scramble for Africa.
12. Evaluate the contributions of Nelson Mandela for the cause of the Black Liberation.
13. The colonial impact on Africa was ‘Shallow’ or ‘Deep’?
14. Describe the internal and external causes that helped creoles to proclaim independence in Central and South America.
15. Critically examine the US relations with Latin American countries.

 

 

 

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