Aztec Religion and Farming

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Across
  1. 1. high-protein grain used in Aztec festivals
  2. 3. Totec god of agriculture, spring, and renewal
  3. 5. lord of the underworld
  4. 6. sacrifice ritual offering to nourish the gods
  5. 7. goddess of childbirth and midwives
  6. 9. floating islands where the Aztecs grew their food
  7. 11. painted manuscripts that recorded Aztec religion and history
  8. 14. crop that provided protein when eaten with maize
  9. 15. beans used to make a bitter chocolate drink
  10. 19. alcoholic drink made from fermented maguey sap
  11. 20. flatbread made from maize dough
  12. 21. sun god who demanded sacrifice to keep shining
  13. 22. feathered serpent god of wind, learning, and creation
  14. 24. spice that flavored most Aztec dishes
  15. 25. Mayor main temple in Tenochtitlán dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc
  16. 26. the staple grain of the Aztec diet
  17. 27. Stone massive carving symbolizing Aztec cosmology
  18. 28. powerful animal symbol linked to warriors and gods
Down
  1. 2. god of the sun and war, patron of Tenochtitlán
  2. 4. volcanic stone used for ritual knives
  3. 8. goddess of lakes and rivers
  4. 10. god of night, destiny, and sorcery
  5. 12. ritual in which Aztecs offered their own blood
  6. 13. maize dough steamed in a husk, filled with meat or beans
  7. 16. vegetable grown alongside maize and beans
  8. 17. earth goddess, mother of gods including Huitzilopochtli
  9. 18. important domesticated bird for meat and feathers
  10. 19. merchants who also traded sacred food like cacao
  11. 20. rain god who brought fertility and storms
  12. 23. sacred bird, symbol of the sun and the Mexica people