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

The dominance of a country by one city region

Currency from another country.

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

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.

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

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

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

A subtropical, semi-permanent, high- pressure zone in the Atlantic

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

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

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