Modern Latin America & Modern Day Issues
Across
- 3. a process that causes the Earth to heat up
- 8. a political and economic union between 28 European countries
- 12. a process where a country becomes similar to America
- 16. the US president who gave weapons to Iran to support Contras
- 18. an online interaction among people in which they share information
- 19. the growth in connection of economic, cultural, and political characteristics internationally
- 20. the US-backed and funded right-wing rebel groups against the Sandinistas
Down
- 1. a family that ruled Nicaragua for over 40 years
- 2. the process where desert-like conditions are spread across non-desert areas
- 4. an international organization that deals with the rules of trade between nations
- 5. shifts in temperatures and weather patterns over a long time
- 6. the clearing of a forest
- 7. a vital source of funding for developing countries
- 9. the leader of the Sandinistas
- 10. the emergence of the increased production of food grains
- 11. was known for her efforts to help lower economic classes and women's suffrage laws
- 13. a campaign in South America to silence political opponents
- 14. a group of socialists in Nicaragua that wanted to overthrow the Somoza rule
- 15. the movement of goods and people from one country to another
- 17. the head of the military junta who overthrew the socialist government of Allende of Chile