History and Geography of South America

3. The leafy tent/roof of the rain forest.
5. The _________ Empire was the largest empire to ever exist in the Americas.
7. Popular crop grown in Brazil that often ruins and dries out the soil it is grown in.
9. Type of Christianity that Europeans tried to convert Brazilians to.
12. Color dye that was harvested in brazil.
13. Poor slums of Brazilian cities.
14. System where a country makes more money by controlling as much trade as possible.
15. European country that Brazil was a colony of.
17. Imaginary line drawn around the earth at it's widest point.
18. Historians and scientists use "________ dating" to determine how old something is.
19. The ________ Mountains is the mountain range that runs along the west coast of South America.

1. Heavy rains that cause flooding up to 40ft high in the rain forest.
2. Machu _________ was the city built high up in the mountains that you can still visit today.
3. When one species eats a member of it's own species.
4. A type of government that is ruled by a king or queen.
6. ________________ dams provide most of the energy in Brazil.
8. ____________ cover over half of the land in Brazil.
10. The __________ River sends 58 billion of gallons of water per second into the Atlantic Ocean.
11. Capital city of Brazil.
15. Explorer Francisco _____________ is the Spaniard that conquered the Inca.
16. Groups of people that do not live in one place and move around often.