Latin America

2. South American range along western side of continent
4. step-like farm fields cut into mountains, hillsides
5. River carries more water than next seven largest rivers in the world combined
8. climate found in mountains of Mexico and South America
12. Founded around Tenochtitlan, Present day Mexico City.
13. domesticated the Llama.
16. factors like better jobs, schools, medical care
17. flat savannas with moderate rainfall, good for farming
18. Colonized Brazil
19. main religion of Latin America

1. Mexico is a part of this with Canada and the U.S.
3. the first country to gain independence in Latin America
6. this is the climate of part of Chile along the west coast
7. Dominated Southern Mexico and Central America and created calendars
9. divided between the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
10. factors like poor medical care, poor education, bad jobs, only rich few own land
11. factories where imported materials are assembled into finished goods for export to the United States.
14. grassy, treeless areas used for livestock grazing, farming
15. the other main language paired with Portuguese