Latin America Crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. group of Native South Americans that built large empire in the Andes Mountains.
  2. 4. known as cassava in some regions.
  3. 6. a flat, unleavened bread made from cornmeal and water.
  4. 7. The landmass that stretches southward from Rio Grande to the tip of South America.
  5. 9. nomadic herders of the Pampas during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
  6. 11. Brazil's national dish.
  7. 14. main meal of the day, served in the middle of the day.
  8. 15. hot peppers.
  9. 17. complex sau
  10. 18. a starchy root plant eaten as a side dish an used in flour form in cooking and baking.
  11. 20. a spread made from mashed avocado, tomato, and onion.
  12. 21. palm oil that gives Brazilian dishes a bright yellow-orange color.
Down
  1. 1. cooked beans until they are soft, then mashed and fried.
  2. 3. a corn pancake similar to a tortilla, is a venezuelan bread.
  3. 5. 1520, Hermando Cortes and the _____ explored Mexico and Plundered villages for gold.
  4. 8. Argentine appetizers. Small turnovers filled with chopped meat, olives, raisins, and onions.
  5. 10. original inhabitants of Mexico.
  6. 12. boiled potatoes alone with a few local herbs or chilies that Peruvians ate.
  7. 13. rest period.
  8. 16. green, starchy fruits that have a bland flavor and look much like large bananas.
  9. 19. a marinated raw fish dish.