Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

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

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

A national or regional economy that relies heavily of the profits from the trade in illegal drugs.

Refers to a situation in which the concentration of a nation's population in just one city.

A way of thinking about the world that considers the relationship between one's location and another and is sensitive to people/environment relations.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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

Factories in Mexico, often close to the US-Mexico border that export goods northwards to the USA.

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

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

A subtropical, semi-permanent, high- pressure zone in the Atlantic

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

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