Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

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

Refers to a situation in which the concentration of a nation's population in just one city.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

The economic and political alliance of most European countries.

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

The grasslands of South America.

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