Latin America
Across
- 2. The world's longest mountain range.
- 4. A blended language that mixes elements of different languages. Examples would be the languages of Haiti and Jamaica.
- 7. Which form of government do most countries in Latin America use?
- 8. Most spoken language in a majority of Latin American countries.
- 12. Which type of economic system does every country in Latin America use?
- 13. A holiday in Brazil that celebrates Brazil's diverse cultures mixed with their Catholic traditions.
- 15. Which religion do a vast majority of people in Latin America practice?
- 17. The world's driest desert.
- 20. Farming technique developed by early civilizations in South America in the Andes Mountains.
- 22. Which European country colonized Brazil and used it as the seat of its empire when Napoleon forced its King to flee his homeland?
- 24. Called "El Libertador", he is considered the George Washington of South America.
Down
- 1. Which European country still have territories in the Caribbean and South America?
- 3. A person with mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry.
- 4. which Latin American country has a communist dictatorship?
- 5. The world's largest rainforest.
- 6. A holiday in Mexico that celebrates cultural diversity.
- 9. Leading cause of Central American people leaving their home countries in massive numbers.
- 10. Farming technique developed by early civilizations in Central America to grow crops in a jungle environment.
- 11. Which European country conquered and colonized the most land in Latin America?
- 14. Which early Latin American civilization created a massive road system with bridges to connect its vast empire?
- 15. Which country in Latin America is closest to using a Command economic system?
- 16. Which Latin American country was the first to win its independence?
- 18. Person credited with starting Mexico’s independence movement.
- 19. Which country's capital is located on the ruins of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan which was on an island in the middle of a lake?
- 21. Which early Latin American civilization developed a written language using hieroglyphics?
- 23. which country in Latin America has the largest Portuguese speaking population in the world?