Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

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

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

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

Name given to the forest and woodland area of Brazil.

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.

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.

The name for marginal settlements or slums in Brazil.

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).

An economic system in Latin America in which productive and accessible land was parceled out, often through Royal Charter, into large private estates.

A movement that seeks the reaffirmation of indigenous people and their rights.

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

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

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