Latin America History

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