Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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Religions with beliefs and practice created from multiple religious traditions.

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

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

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

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 major sailing route that linked Europe, Africa and the New World in the transport of goods and slaves.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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