Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

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

The principle of political or commercial cooperation between the US and the countries of South America, as well as those in Central America and the Caribbean.

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.

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

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

A term used to describe anti-imperialism rhetoric that promotes income redistribution, national sovereignty and a distancing from the orbit of power of the USA.

The region of the world that falls between the Tropic of Cancer (23.43 degrees North) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.43 degrees South).

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.

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

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

The name for marginal settlements or slums in Brazil.

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