Topic 4: South America P1

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Across
  1. 7. natural defense against disease
  2. 8. in Incan society, a group of related families that pooled its resources to meet people's needs
  3. 10. to change to growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans
  4. 12. a strip of level land cut into a mountain slope that is planted with crops
  5. 15. line set by the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the non-European world into two zones, one controlled by Spain and one controlled by Portugal
  6. 17. treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494 which divided the non-European world between them
Down
  1. 1. government taking ownership of a company or industry
  2. 2. government in which a small group of people rule
  3. 3. record-keeping device made of knotted strings, used by the Incas
  4. 4. someone who wanted to end slavery
  5. 5. Incan system of payment of taxes with labor
  6. 6. explorer and slave hunter in colonial Brazil
  7. 9. sudden violent overthrow of a government, often by force
  8. 11. a tree found in tropical regions whose wood is valuable for the production of purple or red dye
  9. 13. system for ranking members of a group according to their importance
  10. 14. a mountain range that runs along the western edge of South America
  11. 16. person who moves from place to place without a permanent home