Vocab 5

Question 1

Brain Drain

Answer 1

Migration of best educated people from developing countries to developed nations where opportunities are greater

Question 2

Brain gain

Answer 2

Return migration of Caribbean people from North America and Europe back to their homeland

Question 3

Capital Leakage

Answer 3

Gap between gross receipts and total tourist dollars that remain in the Caribbean; caused by profits that go to the tourist and hospitality corporations, leaving only income from low wage jobs

Question 4

Chain Migration

Answer 4

One family member at a time is brought to a new country, creating a link between source and destination

Question 5

Creolization

Answer 5

Blending of African and European cultures in the Caribbean

Question 6

Greater Antilles

Answer 6

Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

Question 7

Hurricanes

Answer 7

Storm system with low pressure center, sustaining winds 74 mph or higher

Question 8

Indentured Labor

Answer 8

Workers contracted to work on estates for a set period of time

Question 9

Maroons

Answer 9

Escaped slaves who established communities in the Caribbean

Question 10

Monocrop Production

Answer 10

A reliance on a single commodity such as sugar; plantation agriculture

Question 11

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 11

Policy stating the U.S. would not tolerate European military involvement in the western hemisphere

Question 12

Neocolonialism

Answer 12

Economic and political strategies by which powerful states indirectly and sometimes directly extend influence over a weaker state

Question 13

Offshore Banking

Answer 13

Financial institutions in the Caribbean that offer specialized services that are confidential and tax exempt

Question 14

Plantation America

Answer 14

Coastal zone of the Americas, European owned land worked by African labor for exports