Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

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

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 region of the world that falls between the Tropic of Cancer (23.43 degrees North) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.43 degrees South).

Currency from another country.

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.

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

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

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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

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

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

Religions with beliefs and practice created from multiple religious traditions.

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