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.

Also referred to as voodoo. Emerged in the New World from the mixing of African and Christian religious beliefs and practices.

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

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

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

Elite groups that use their political power to enrich themselves rather the nation welfare and at the expense of general social welfare.

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

When a tectonic plate is pushed under another plate.

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.

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

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.

Currency from another country.

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