Across
- 1. specific type of religion spread by Spain and Portugal in the New World
- 3. term that refers to the native people of an area
- 4. unsuccessful attempt by the USA government to overthrow Fidel Castro
- 6. part of the new world colonized by Spain and Portugal
- 7. economic and government system put into place in Cuba by Castro
- 8. Spanish version of the old south plantations
- 10. confrontation between USA and USSR about nuclear missiles in Cuba
- 13. last president of Cuba before the Cuban Revolution
- 15. leader of the Cuban revolution
- 16. country responsible for the language and religions of Mexico and much of Latin America
- 17. refusal to trade with another country like the USA placed upon Cuba
- 18. disease that wiped out many of the indigenous people of Latin America
Down
- 2. Trade of African slaves to work in the new world
- 5. widespread transfer of ideas, people, agriculture, and other things between the new and old world continents
- 9. Caribbean country south of Florida and only communist country in the western hemisphere
- 11. Spanish conqueror
- 12. Slaves were kidnapped by Europeans in this continent
- 14. Country that colonized modern day Brazil