Latin America Vocabulary
Across
- 4. Ancient civilization (1200-1500AD)
- 6. farming farming system
- 7. helada a zone of permanent snow and ice
- 9. tropical grassland
- 11. high, flat plains
- 14. templada a temperate climate zone
- 16. the variety of life in the world
- 18. Factories built by US companies in Mexico
- 21. A Spanish conqueror
- 23. planting young trees or seeds
- 24. area of grassland and rich soil
- 25. Ancient civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula
- 28. an urban area
- 30. immigrant Someone who has moved to their destination
- 31. (1400 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E.) earliest known Mexican civilization
Down
- 1. fría a colder climate zone
- 2. mixed race
- 3. of tordesillas A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain
- 5. caliente the warmest climate zone
- 8. Large farms
- 10. country country in the process
- 12. allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada
- 13. zonation vegetation zone
- 15. cutting down of trees
- 17. and burn A farming method
- 19. An attempt by one country to establish settlements
- 20. system Rural estates in Spanish colonies in New World
- 22. a steep slope
- 26. Ancient civilization (1200-1521AD)
- 27. A military dictator
- 29. tropical grassy plain
- 32. reform the process of breaking up large landholdings