Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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A subtropical, semi-permanent, high- pressure zone in the Atlantic

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

Occurred when European colonists came to the New World and brought diseases that killed millions of indigenous people.

Refers to people of mixed European-indigenous origin, including the vast majority of the people of Central America.

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

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

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

A plan in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century by Scottish investors to establish a colony of Scottish settlers in the isthmus of Central America.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

Locations in which tariffs and other trade barriers are reduced or eliminated and goods, services, and capital are allowed to flow more freely between countries.

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.

An forested area in the tropics marked by substantial rainfall.

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