Latin America

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