Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

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

Religions with beliefs and practice created from multiple religious traditions.

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

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

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

Elite groups that use their political power to enrich themselves rather the nation welfare and at the expense of general social welfare.

Sector of the economy that is not recorded in government and official statistics, where few, if any, taxes are paid.

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

The region of the world that falls between the Tropic of Cancer (23.43 degrees North) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.43 degrees South).

Also referred to as voodoo. Emerged in the New World from the mixing of African and Christian religious beliefs and practices.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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.

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