Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

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

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

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.

The name for marginal settlements or slums in Brazil.

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

A grassy plain that contains few trees.

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.

Based on the theories of John Maynard Keynes that posit government can influence economic growth through monetary policies to overcome price rigidity and imperfect labor markets.

An indigenous group inhabiting lands in central Chile and southwest Argentina.

Name given to the forest and woodland area of Brazil.

A crop that is easy to bring to market and is also considered a primary good, such as wheat.

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