Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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Occurred when European colonists came to the New World and brought diseases that killed millions of indigenous people.

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

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

Factories in Mexico, often close to the US-Mexico border that export goods northwards to the USA.

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

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

An underground layer of rock that bears water.

A way of thinking about the world that considers the relationship between one's location and another and is sensitive to people/environment relations.

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

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).

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

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

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