1) a small animal of South America with a shell of bony plates, able to roll itself into a ball when attacked (armadillo)

2) the law-making body of the US and some other republics in America (congress)

3) a prairie wolf of Western North America (coyote)

4) a large spotted animal of the cat family, found in Central and South America (jaguar)

5) a wide, heavy knife used in Latin America as a tool and weapon (machete)

6) the flat, treeless, areas in South America (pampas)

7) the flat, treeless areas in North America (prairie)

8) the treeless, flat area in America and West Africa (savannah)

9) the United States of America (usa)