South America

2. An example of an insurgent state.
5. Brazilians speak this language.
6. Minimum life sustaining agriculture.
8. This major river in Venezuela is instrumental in delivering agricultural products to port.
9. This high altitude basin in the Andes was settled by the Inca.
10. The name of the river that feeds the tropical rainforest that covers 40% of SA.
11. The name of a temperate grasslands in the south-east portion of South America.
13. The Inca spoke this language.
14. The shanty town found on the outskirts of most developed Latin American cities.

1. This 1494 treaty is responsible for splitting the continent between Portugal and Spain.
3. Coca trees growing on the moist eastern slopes of the Andes are harvested to make this drug.
4. The Incan capital.
7. This northern, socialist SA country is currently seized by protests over poor economic conditions and incredibly high crime rates.
11. An elongated state in SA.
12. This desert is found shoreward of the cold Humbolt current which forms high pressure air masses that contribute to it.
15. The mountain range that trends North/South thru South America.