Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

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

Name given to the forest and woodland area of Brazil.

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.

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

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

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

A movement that values a renewed appreciation of African culture.

An forested area in the tropics marked by substantial rainfall.

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

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

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.

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