Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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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.

The principle of political or commercial cooperation between the US and the countries of South America, as well as those in Central America and the Caribbean.

A plan in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century by Scottish investors to establish a colony of Scottish settlers in the isthmus of Central America.

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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).

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.

Goods that come from agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.

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

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

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

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

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