Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

South America
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The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Volcanic regions fed by mantle from below the earth's surface. Nit caused by tectonic plate movement.

A movement that values a renewed appreciation of African culture.

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.

An economic ideology that promotes deregulation, minimal or small government, low taxation, and free trade.

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