Middle America

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  1. 2. Type of pollution in which farmers use pesticides and the rain washes them to the ________.
  2. 6. Artificial islands built in the lake to expand the farmlands.
  3. 9. Removal of trees to expand farms and cities.
  4. 12. Largest country in the Middle America
  5. 14. King Moctezuma welcomed _____ in his Empire, but later was attacked by him.
  6. 15. The ______ Islands are a group of 13 nations and other territories in the Atlantic Ocean.
  7. 16. The place where Tenochtitlan city was built offered ________ against enemies.
  8. 19. Tourism may cause ______. One solution is ecotourism to educate about protecting nature.
  9. 21. Toussaint L’Ouverture led the enslaved _______ in Haiti to make a revolution and gain independence.
  10. 23. Study of the objects in space. Used by the Mayans and Aztecs to create their calendars.
  11. 24. Mexicans go to the U.S. to find better jobs and living conditions. They send _____ (money transfer) back to their country.
  12. 25. Writing system formed by drawings representing sounds and words.
  13. 27. The Transatlantic ______ Trade was the trade of African people forced to work in the European plantation farms in America
  14. 30. Country colonized by the British where the traditional religion is Rastafarianism.
  15. 31. king wanted gold, lands, and to convert Natives to the Christianity
  16. 32. A storm with a violent wind, in particular, a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
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  1. 1. First civilization in Central America
  2. 3. The Panama Canal saves _____ and money on ship transportation.
  3. 4. The Aztec religion believed that human ______ would please their gods.
  4. 5. helped the independence of Panama and received the Panama Canal as part of the agreement.
  5. 7. First country in Middle America to become independent.
  6. 8. Tenochtitlan was a capital city, built on the Texcoco _______.
  7. 10. Farming technique to quickly remove trees and clean the lands.
  8. 11. Native Americans were forced by the Spanish conquistadors to work in their farms.
  9. 13. Italian explorer traveling under the orders of Spain to sail west to China and India.
  10. 17. A wall used for holding the water. Aztecs separated the salty water from the fresh water in the lake.
  11. 18. The _________ Canal connects the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
  12. 20. Civilization located in part of Mexico which was conquered by the Spanish.
  13. 22. Type of Climate in the Caribbean Islands. It’s hot, humid, and rainy.
  14. 26. Tall constructions pointing up used as temples or observatories.
  15. 28. Columbian _______ was the exchange of crops and tools between the Europeans and the Native people.
  16. 29. Civilization in Central America which its population mostly lived in farming villages in city-states.