Chapter 3 Key Term Quiz

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

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.

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

The targeting and forced removal of ethnic minorities by other groups and/or the nation-state

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

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

Also referred to as voodoo. Emerged in the New World from the mixing of African and Christian religious beliefs and practices.

A term used to describe people with both black and white ancestry.

A trade union between Canada, Mexico and the USA.

The abandonment of cities and towns of the Mayan Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries.

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

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