Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean

The dominance of a country by one city region

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

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

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

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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

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).

A major sailing route that linked Europe, Africa and the New World in the transport of goods and slaves.

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

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

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

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