Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

Central America and Caribbean
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Prevailing winds that blow from west to east, named for their origin not their destination.

An forested area in the tropics marked by substantial rainfall.

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).

When a tectonic plate is pushed under another plate.

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

Factories in Mexico, often close to the US-Mexico border that export goods northwards to the USA.

Elite groups that use their political power to enrich themselves rather the nation welfare and at the expense of general social welfare.

An area where waters drains from and flows into a river or a number of tributaries.

Locations in which tariffs and other trade barriers are reduced or eliminated and goods, services, and capital are allowed to flow more freely between countries.

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.

A plan in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century by Scottish investors to establish a colony of Scottish settlers in the isthmus of Central America.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

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