Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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A group of people living outside of their homeland.

The principle of political or commercial cooperation between the US and the countries of South America, as well as those in Central America and the Caribbean.

A term used to describe people with both black and white ancestry.

The targeting and forced removal of ethnic minorities by other groups and/or the nation-state

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

A policy implemented by the US that laid claim to geopolitical influence in the Central American and Caribbean region.

A segment of the economy that is made up of jobs and services performed as opposed to goods produced.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

Prevailing winds that blow from east to west, named for their origin not their destination.

A name given to the large drug trade in Central and South American.

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

The abandonment of cities and towns of the Mayan Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries.

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