Latin America Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• emigration: leaving a country to settle in another one for the purpose of employment
• cartel: an organization that dominates the trade by limiting competition of a specific product/good
• poverty: the state or condition have having little to no money, goods, or means of support; having a low standard of living.
• naturalization: to become a legal citizen of another country
• developing nation: a country where the average income is lower than industrialized nations; the country lacks industries and relies on agriculture.
• rural: an area that is mostly countryside; opposite of urban
• drug trafficking: the trading of illegal drugs worldwide
• indigenous: originating from or first to live in a particular region or environment
• columbian exchange: widespread transfer of culture, plants, animals, technology, and diseases between the european explorers and the indigenous people of the americas
• portuguese: most brazilians speak this language due to the area being conquered by portugal
• spanish: most common language of latin america due to the areas being conquered by spain
• catholicism: the main religion of latin america today; brought over by both spain and portugal