Unit 9: Quiz 2 Flashcards
A member or descendant of any of the native people groups living in North America, Central America, or South America before the arrival of the Europeans in the late fifteenth century.
Amerindian
A shortage in finances; an excess of spending over the amount of revenue.
deficit
A collection of states that join to form a republic.
federal republic
The chief executive of a nation.
head of state
A person of mixed racial ancestry. In Mexico, Central America, and South America, the term refers especially to someone of Spanish and Amerindian ancestry.
mestizo
A nation that was not allied with either the Communist or non-Communist blocs during the Cold War.
non-aligned
A democracy that uses a parliamentary structure of government.
parliamentary democracy
Greenland is a self-governing division of
Denmark
NAFTA is a trade agreement between
Canada, US, Mexico
A small group, especially military officers, that rules a country following a coup.
junta
The countries south of the United States that have Spanish, Portuguese, or French as their official language.
Latin America
A person of mixed white and black ancestry.
mulatto
To change from private ownership to government ownership.
nationalize
Financial assistance by one government to another.
subsidies
A term used during the Cold War to describe the developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America that were not allied with either the Communist or non-Communist blocs.
Third World
the U.S. aided the military junta during the civil war
El Slavador
it was a British colony until 1981
Belize
it is the second oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere
Haiti
it has large reserves of petroleum and natural gas
Trinidad and Tobago
Which country is known as the “Land of Volcanoes”?
El Salvador
In which country do many people practice a form of folk religion known as voodoo?
Haiti
The islands of Trinidad and Tobago are off the coast of which country?
Venezuela
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba lost its subsidies but remained
communist
The terrain of Panama is divided into how many regions
two
