Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

South America
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An economic theory, named after famed economist John Maynard Keynes, in which government investments into economic activity are seen as a viable, and sometimes necessary, contributor to economic growth.

A term used to describe those with black and indigenous ancestry.

An economic development strategy marked by protectionist policies in order to bolster local growth.

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

A term used to describe anti-imperialism rhetoric that promotes income redistribution, national sovereignty and a distancing from the orbit of power of the USA.

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

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

The name for marginal settlements or slums in Brazil.

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

The grasslands of South America.

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

A period of rapid economic growth in Brazil that lasted from 1968 to 1980.

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