Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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The dominance of a country by one city region

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

The name, most often used as a derogatory term, given to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua because their economies were based on tropical primary commodities such as bananas, but were also highly corrupt and unstable.

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

The surface temperature of seawater.

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.

An forested area in the tropics marked by substantial rainfall.

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).

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

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

When a tectonic plate is pushed under another plate.

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