An economic system in Latin America in which productive and accessible land was parceled out, often through Royal Charter, into large private estates.
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 development strategy marked by protectionist policies in order to bolster local growth.
A term used to describe people with both black and white ancestry.
An economic ideology that promotes deregulation, minimal or small government, low taxation, and free trade.
A period of rapid economic growth in Brazil that lasted from 1968 to 1980.
An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.
Refers to people of mixed European-indigenous origin, including the vast majority of the people of Central America.
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.
Refers to a situation in which the concentration of a nation's population in just one city.
An attempt by a group or individual to overthrow an existing government in order to implement their own regime.
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