South America - Caribbean, Andes, and Pampas Region

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Across
  1. 3. they play this game in Guyana
  2. 7. huge lake in Venezuela
  3. 11. world's largest rodent
  4. 13. an example of this would be what happened in Argentina with the gauchos and Juan Manuel de Rosas
  5. 15. private armies
  6. 16. one of Colombia's political parties
  7. 18. the Incas created these along mountain sides, similar to step farming
  8. 22. Guyana's capital city
  9. 25. bringing more factories and production which increases population and improving economy
  10. 26. Venezuela's economy depends on it
  11. 27. for poor families use this farming tending to only feed themselves
  12. 34. desert looks like the surface of the planet Mars
  13. 35. soldiers who "hit and run" through surprise attacks
  14. 36. country east of Colombia
  15. 40. lowland plains east of the Andes
  16. 41. the name of a both a large basin and important river
  17. 43. region is Argentina's population with ranches and commercial farming east of the Andes is this
  18. 44. people in the Americas who were Spanish born
  19. 47. Venezuela and Colombia's has the best soil for growing this
  20. 48. responsible for attacks along the coasts of the Caribbean
Down
  1. 1. descendants of the Incas
  2. 2. when the mother (or ruling) country uses resources from another colonized (controlled) country for its own profit
  3. 4. helping the enemy
  4. 5. plants, animals, and climate surviving together
  5. 6. dams like the Itaipu used the flow of water to create this
  6. 8. those who roam the grasslands in searching for food
  7. 9. separate mountain chains in much of Colombia and parts of Venezuela
  8. 10. form of democracy where people elect who makes the laws
  9. 12. much of the climate along the Pacific Ocean is this
  10. 14. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
  11. 17. soil and water slowly dies using this on insects
  12. 19. when temperature and rainfall effect one side of a climate zone than the other (hint - discussed in class, not in the book)
  13. 20. society which was organized and productive, named after their king
  14. 21. rebels fighting in a civil war
  15. 23. lead the fight for Venezuela's independence
  16. 24. favorite sport of Venezuela
  17. 28. the regions poorest nation in South America
  18. 29. another name for dictators
  19. 30. this leader was tricked by the Spanish and eventually killed
  20. 31. Argentina's cavalry who fought for independence across the Pampas
  21. 32. the ______________ class of those born in Spain were at the top of the social class
  22. 33. believed an economic independence from foreign nations and spoke out for social justice
  23. 37. Francisco Pizarro and his soldiers were in search of this
  24. 38. silver, zinc, tin, and lead are these types in the Altiplano
  25. 39. large rocky, high elevation chain along the west coast is home to the Incas
  26. 42. thinks wealth should not be distributed
  27. 45. thinks wealth should be distributed
  28. 46. rebels sold this to buy weapons
  29. 47. former leftist leader of Venezuela