Americas Culture & Geography

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Across
  1. 2. America, the continent in which the modern United States is presently located
  2. 5. name of the worlds largest rainforest (also the worlds richest company)
  3. 8. the leading cause of death for Indigenous Americans due to Europeans arrival
  4. 9. name of the sea in which Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and many other islands are located
  5. 11. America, the long thin region in-between Mexico and South America, home to 7 small countries
  6. 12. continent Columbus was trying to find when he accidentally discovered Americas
  7. 17. word used to describe the people in the Americas prior to Columbus's arrival
Down
  1. 1. continent from which slaves were brought to the Americas to work against their will
  2. 3. the continent full of countries that colonized the Americas (once home to ancient Rome)
  3. 4. the main language spoken in Brasil
  4. 6. country that colonized the Dominican Republic
  5. 7. country in Central America in which a canal was built to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
  6. 10. the largest country in South America (by both population and area)
  7. 13. name of ocean crossed by Europeans to reach Americas
  8. 14. country that colonized Haiti
  9. 15. abbreviation for the country with the largest population in all of the Americas
  10. 16. type of vehicle used to reach the Americas