Key Words 1. Capital city 2. Andes mountains 3. Mexico and Central America 4. Maya ballgame 5. Atacama Desert 6. Glyph writing 7. Empire 8. Maya calendar 9. Jaguar 10. Amazon rainforest/river 11. Mestizo 12. Middle, South, and Caribbean 13. Atlantic Ocean 14. Conquistador 15. South America and Andes Mountains

 This physical geographic features extends along the edge of South America. ____  This physical geographic feature has much wildlife in Brazil. ____  This physical geographic feature gets very little rainfall. ____  This body of water borders much of Brazil. ____  This describes the place of Tenochtitlan. ____

 This is a political system controlled mainly by one person. ___  This creature was one of the important gods in Latin America. ____  This is a person of mixed European and native ancestry. ____  This is a person who conquered native people in Latin America. ____  These are symbols used by the Mayas to communicate. _____

 These are the 3 regions of Latin America. ____  This is where the Aztecs and Mayas lived. ____  This is where the Inca people mainly lived. ____  This predicts the end of the world in ____  This “event” was played to honor the gods. ____

Key Words 16. Animals of the Amazon 17. Aqueduct 18. Carnival 19. Machu Picchu 20. Puerto Rico 21. Hernan Cortes 22. Cuba 23. Portugal 24. Columbian Exchange 25. Francisco Pizarro 26. Cities 27. Wealth 28. Rio de Janeiro 29. Earthquake 30. Warfare

 This was used by the Aztecs to dominate Latin America. _____  This was used by the Incas to irrigate land. _____  This was a famous Inca city in the Andes Mountains. ____  This was the reason for Spain wanting colonies in Latin America. ____  This person dominated the Aztecs. ___

 This person conquered the Incas. ____  This country used to control Brazil. ___  This was the movement of goods between hemispheres. ____  These examples include monkeys, jaguars, and sloths. ____  These were the places that Brazilians moved to from the countryside. ____

 This is an important Brazilian city. ____  This is an important Brazilian holiday. ___  This place has a communist dictatorship. ____  This natural disaster killed many Haitians in ____  This place has a choice of statehood, independence, or commonwealth. ____