Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

South America
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A grassy plain that contains few trees.

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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

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

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

A region of South America that runs from Columbia, through Ecuador and Peru into Bolivia and parts of the Amazon rainforest with a significant indigenous population is primarily located.

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

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.

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

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

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

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