Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

A city that is the largest in the country and is the center of economic and political life.

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).

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

A grassy plain that contains few trees.

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

A movement that values a renewed appreciation of African culture.

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