Latin America History

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