Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

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

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

Religions with beliefs and practice created from multiple religious traditions.

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

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

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

The dominance of a country by one city region

A crop that is easy to bring to market and is also considered a primary good, such as wheat.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

The name, most often used as a derogatory term, given to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua because their economies were based on tropical primary commodities such as bananas, but were also highly corrupt and unstable.

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.

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