Chapter 4 Key Term Quiz

South America
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An indigenous group inhabiting lands in central Chile and southwest Argentina.

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.

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

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

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

An economic theory, named after famed economist John Maynard Keynes, in which government investments into economic activity are seen as a viable, and sometimes necessary, contributor to economic growth.

The systemic variation in sea temperature in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America, typically in late December, that has an impact on the weather of the region and across other regions of the world.

A region of South America that runs from Columbia, through Ecuador and Peru into Bolivia and parts of the Amazon rainforest with a significant indigenous population is primarily located.

An economic development strategy marked by protectionist policies in order to bolster local growth.

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.

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

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

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