Latin America

5. This rainforest is found in South America and is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.
6. The ________ Sea is a tropical sea surround the Caribbean islands
8. Where Europeans went to find labor
10. Latin America is divided into _____ regions.
13. an island in the Caribbean that was involved in the Cold War
15. This desert is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains.
16. native people to an area i.e. Aztecs and Incas in Mexico
18. a long, narrow country that runs along the western border of South America, it also holds a majority of the Andes Mountains
20. the process of interaction and integration among various parts of the world through commercial and cultural exchange.
22. The Sierra Madre Mountains are located in which country.

1. The movement of people, agriculture, culture, etc. between the Old World and the New World
2. Spanish agricultural plantations throughout Latin America
3. The Amazon River is the ______ longest river in the world.
4. a canal was built in this country to connect the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without having to go all the way around the continent of South America
7. Portuguese is the primary language in which Latin American country?
9. referring to the nations and cultures of Spain and Portugal
11. referring to the languages and cultural characteristics which evolved out of the Latin speaking Roman Empire
12. This ocean borders South America to the east
14. a chain of islands
17. The religion Spain and Portugal imposed on the "New World"
19. a disease that Europeans brought to the "New World"
21. This ocean borders South America to the west