The Andean Countries

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A republic in western South America (4)
  2. 6. A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons (9)
  3. 7. The largest city of Ecuador (9)
  4. 9. A group of islands in the Pacific off South America (9)
  5. 11. A republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea (8)
  6. 12. A landlocked republic in central South America (7)
  7. 13. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru (4)

Down

  1. 1. The capital of Ecuador (5)
  2. 2. Capital city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government (5)
  3. 4. A republic in northwestern South America (7)
  4. 5. A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain (plural) (9)
  5. 8. A readily salable ___ that is grown and gathered for the market (8)
  6. 10. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (7)