Hispanic Heritage Month Challenge

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Across
  1. 3. I am home to the largest lake in Central America.
  2. 5. I share the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
  3. 6. My name comes from the Spanish word for 'equator,' which passes through me.
  4. 7. I am one of the world's leading sources of emeralds.
  5. 8. I am the largest island in the Caribbean by land area.
  6. 9. I am home to Machu Picchu, the famous Inca site high in the Andes Mountains.
  7. 11. I am home to the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall.
  8. 15. I am home to Chichen Itza, an ancient Maya city with the famous pyramid El Castillo.
  9. 16. I am the only Spanish-speaking country in Europe.
  10. 17. I am the only sovereign country in Africa where Spanish is an official language.
  11. 18. Spanish and Guarani are official languages here, and both are widely spoken.
Down
  1. 1. I am home to Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat.
  2. 2. I am the smallest country in Central America by land area.
  3. 4. The quetzal is my national bird and also the name of my currency.
  4. 7. I abolished my standing standing army in 1948.
  5. 8. I am home to the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth.
  6. 9. I am home to the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System.
  7. 10. Tango began here along the Río de la Plata and nearby Montevideo, Uruguay.
  8. 12. I hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930.
  9. 13. My famous canal provides a shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  10. 14. I am home to Copan, an important ancient Maya city famous for carved stone monuments.