Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

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

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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.

Refers to people of mixed European-indigenous origin, including the vast majority of the people of Central America.

The dominance of a country by one city region

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

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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

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

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

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

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

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