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Across
  1. 3. The plaza where everyone gathers to commemorate their fight for independence.
  2. 5. The word for conqueror in Spanish.
  3. 8. Those born in Mexico to Spanish parents.
  4. 12. Before it became known as Mexico, it was known as this.
  5. 13. de color People of color
  6. 14. The mix-blood offspring of Spaniards and Natives.
  7. 16. Name of the small village which was the cradle of Mexico's independence
  8. 17. Native Indians.
Down
  1. 1. The last Aztec emperor.
  2. 2. Cortés A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecas.
  3. 4. España The new colony under Spanish rule.
  4. 6. Invaded España in 1800.
  5. 7. Was the priest who started the war for independence from Spain. He gave the first cry or grito.
  6. 9. They were considered the most powerful of the five great civilizations.
  7. 10. How many years the war for independence last?
  8. 11. The capital of the Aztec empire.
  9. 15. grito the cry for Independence is called this.