3.7 Chapter Key Terms

acculturation

Altiplano

assimilation

Aztecs

biodiversity

brain drain

contested space

coup d’état

Creoles

dictator

early extractive phase

ecotourism

El Niño

evangelical Protestantism

Export Processing Zones (EPZs)

extended family

favelas

foreign direct investment (FDI)

forward capital

hacienda

import substitution industrialization (ISI)

Incas

income disparity

indigenous

isthmus

ladino

liberation theology

machismo

maquiladoras

marianismo

marketization

mercantilism

Mercosur

mestizos

Middle America

nationalize

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

plantation

populist movements

primate city

privatization

shifting cultivation

silt

South America

structural adjustment policies (SAPs)

subduction zone

temperature-altitude zones

trade winds

UNASUR

urban growth poles