Middle America

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Across
  1. 3. Spanish explorers that conquered territory
  2. 5. a symbol derived from pictures that stands for a word, idea, or sound
  3. 9. wall to hold back water
  4. 13. people of African and European descent
  5. 14. agriculture that is a farming method in which trees and other plants on land are cut down and burned to enrich poor soil
  6. 16. American-born descendants of Spanish settlers
  7. 17. people of mixed American Indian and European descent
  8. 18. European people born in Spain
  9. 19. colorful, tropical bird
Down
  1. 1. to have as a source, originate
  2. 2. exchange of people, other living things, and ideas between two hemispheres
  3. 4. fixed, unchanging
  4. 6. buildings for observing the sun, moon, and other objects in the sky
  5. 7. to watch or keep track of
  6. 8. a bowl-shaped area
  7. 10. written transfer of property
  8. 11. artificial islands
  9. 12. canals or pipes that carry fresh water
  10. 15. having parts that go together in complicated ways
  11. 18. a small area of land