Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

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

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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

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

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

Religions with beliefs and practice created from multiple religious traditions.

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

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

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.

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