Latin America

2. the theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism.
5. a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area.
6. a person or situation that is a possible threat or damage.
10. aimed to establish economic cooperation between the US and Latin America.
13. a group of cultivated trees or plants.
14. a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
15. the loss of soluble nutrients from soil or compost.
17. a principle of US policy, originated by president James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US.
19. a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially one having one white and one black parent.
20. a person born in the west Indies or Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish ancestry.

1. a Spanish born Spaniard or mainland Spaniard, residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies.
3. agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th century voyagers.
4. this line was drawn in 1493 after Christopher Columbus returned from his maiden voyage to the Americas.
7. the complete destruction of something.
8. the most important administrative organ of the Spanish empire for the Americas and Asia.
9. racial terms used in the Spanish and Portuguese empires and occasionally today to identify individuals in the Americas who are of mixed African Amerindian sncestry.
11. self sufficiency farming in which farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
12. a man who is the governor of a country, province, or colony as the representative of a sovereign.
16. a man of mixed race, especially the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian.
18. a military term for the act of delaying, disrupting , or destroying enemy forces or supplies en route to the battle area.