Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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The targeting and forced removal of ethnic minorities by other groups and/or the nation-state

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

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

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

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

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

The surface temperature of seawater.

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

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

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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

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

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