Across
- 2. / land with steep sides that rises sharply from a surrounding land
- 5. / area between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn where the temperatures are very warm
- 6. / part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline generally larger and more deeply indented than a bay
- 9. / conquered the Incas in the 1530s
- 12. / conquered the Aztecs in 1521
- 14. / narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
- 16. / mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth
- 17. / starting in 1819, he fought for independence in Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Bolivia
- 18. / in 1959, he led a revolt in Cuba and transformed Cuba into a communist state
- 20. / a sheltered place along a shoreline where ships can anchor safely
Down
- 1. / area between the tropics and polar regions where the seasons, weather, and temperatures vary
- 3. / area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevations
- 4. / flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
- 7. / starting in 1817, he fought for independence in Argentina and Chile
- 8. / areas near the North and South Pole with colder temperatures because of indirect sunlight
- 10. / group of Islands
- 11. / body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on 3 sides by water
- 13. / area of low land usually between hills or mountains
- 15. / land area, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water
- 19. / narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water