Across
- 5. cutting down and clearing away trees.
- 6. a Brazilian dance with African influences. Carnival takes place to this music.
- 9. a martial art and dance that developed in Brazil from African origins.
- 12. Ruled many Latin American countries throughout the 20th century.
- 13. the most colorful feast day in Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, people in costumes ride on floats through the streets.
- 14. place from which important ideas spread. Usually, it is the heartland or place of origin of a major culture.
- 15. Plain of South America. Areas of grasslands and rich soil.
Down
- 1. Part of a chain of mountain ranges that run through the western portion of North, Central, and South America.
- 2. Factors that make people leave rural areas.
- 3. causes the temperature of the atmosphere to begin to rise, and weather patterns start to change.
- 4. trade is important because of it. Cuts through the land bridge and connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- 7. new political party, which arose in Mexico in 1929.
- 8. wide range of plant and animal species.
- 10. Music, developed in Jamaica in the 1960s. These songs deal with social problems and religion.
- 11. A process of breaking up large landholdings and giving portions of the land to land-poor peasant farmers.