Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

South America
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Name given to the forest and woodland area of Brazil.

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

The name for marginal settlements or slums in Brazil.

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

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.

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

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.

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

The grasslands of South America.

A movement that values a renewed appreciation of African culture.

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

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

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