Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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The surface temperature of seawater.

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

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

When a tectonic plate is pushed under another plate.

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

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

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).

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

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.

Religions with beliefs and practice created from multiple religious traditions.

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

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

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