Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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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 subtropical, semi-permanent, high- pressure zone in the Atlantic

Refers to a situation in which the concentration of a nation's population in just one city.

Name given to informal settlements in Lima, Peru.

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

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

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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

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.

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

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

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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