An Introduction to Brazil

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (6)
  2. 6. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized (6)
  3. 9. All living things that are undomesticated (8)
  4. 10. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  5. 11. What we eat to get energy and grow (4)
  6. 12. In a state of progressive putrefaction (10)
  7. 14. An incorporated administrative district established by state charter (plural) (6)
  8. 15. Sandy shore beside the sea (plural) (7)
  9. 16. Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world (6)

Down

  1. 1. The state of being rich and affluent (6)
  2. 3. A forest with heavy annual ___ (10)
  3. 4. A festival marked by merrymaking and processions (8)
  4. 5. A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions (plural) (5)
  5. 7. A group's customs, art and way of life (7)
  6. 8. A transparent piece of ___ that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem (plural) (8)
  7. 13. The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions (7)