Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

South America
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An forested area in the tropics marked by substantial rainfall.

An economic system in Latin America in which productive and accessible land was parceled out, often through Royal Charter, into large private estates.

Often follows an El Niño event, and is characterized by a decrease in sea temperature across the Eastern Central Pacific of up to 5 degrees C, which also has an impact on the weather of the region and across other regions of the world.

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

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

Occurs when countries, after very rapid growth from low to middle income status, falter due to poor infrastructure-poor roads and inadequate sanitation, education and health facilities- and low productivity.

The systemic variation in sea temperature in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America, typically in late December, that has an impact on the weather of the region and across other regions of the world.

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.

An amalgam of gangs, ex military and military backed irregulars within a country, that were often involved in appropriations of peasant lands in South America.

An attempt by a group or individual to overthrow an existing government in order to implement their own regime.

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

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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