Latin American Studies Review So far

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Across
  1. 2. Mountain range that shaped Inca civilization
  2. 4. Agreement between people and their government
  3. 5. Empire that ruled much of western South America
  4. 9. Capital city built on a lake by the Aztecs
  5. 10. Major religious institution in colonial Latin America
  6. 11. Explorer whose voyages connected Europe and the Americas
  7. 12. People of Spanish descent born in the Americas
  8. 13. Short-lived nation created after independence
  9. 15. Person of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry
  10. 17. Intellectual movement emphasizing reason and science
  11. 19. U.S. leader associated with Rough Riders and imperialism
  12. 24. Deadly disease that devastated Indigenous populations
  13. 27. Labor system granting landowners control over Indigenous labor
  14. 28. Ship explosion that helped push the U.S. into war
  15. 32. Division of government authority into branches
  16. 33. Empire centered in Tenochtitlán conquered by Spain
  17. 35. Spanish soldier who conquered lands in the Americas
  18. 39. Violent or nonviolent overthrow of a government
  19. 40. Policy of extending a country’s power over others
  20. 42. Transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between hemispheres
  21. 43. Navigation tool that helped sailors travel long distances
  22. 44. Main motives for European exploration
  23. 46. Priest who defended Indigenous rights
  24. 47. Thinker who promoted separation of powers
  25. 48. Conqueror of the Inca Empire
  26. 49. Africans forced into labor through slavery
Down
  1. 1. Religious settlements used to convert Indigenous peoples
  2. 3. Civilization known for calendars, pyramids, and writing
  3. 6. Desire of American-born elites to govern themselves
  4. 7. Inca city in the mountains often called the Lost City
  5. 8. Rights people are born with, such as life and liberty
  6. 11. Territory controlled by a distant country
  7. 14. Enlightenment thinker who argued for natural rights
  8. 16. Belief that U.S. expansion was justified and inevitable
  9. 18. Person of mixed European and African ancestry
  10. 20. People born in Spain with highest social status
  11. 21. Belief in many gods
  12. 22. 1898 conflict between the U.S. and Spain
  13. 23. Process of changing one’s religion
  14. 25. Freedom from foreign rule
  15. 26. Region where the Maya and Aztec civilizations developed
  16. 29. Requirement to work under threat or punishment
  17. 30. Leader of the first circumnavigation of the globe
  18. 31. Leader of independence movements in northern South America
  19. 34. U.S. warning against European colonization in the Americas
  20. 36. Period of European overseas exploration
  21. 37. First European to reach India by sea
  22. 38. Sensationalized news used to influence public opinion
  23. 41. Conqueror of the Aztec Empire
  24. 45. Crops grown mainly for sale and profit