Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean

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

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

A group of people living outside of their homeland.

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

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

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

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

Goods that come from agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.

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

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

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

Currency from another country.

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