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  1. 5. Capital city of the Aztec Empire
  2. 10. Spanish takeover of indigenous civilizations
  3. 12. First great civilization of Mexico
  4. 13. Civilization located in the Yucatan Peninsula
  5. 16. City where Porfirio Diaz fought against the French
  6. 17. State gained by the US after the 1848 war
  7. 18. Book made by the Maya from tree bark
  8. 20. Land controlled by a foreign power
  9. 22. One of the Three Sisters crops grown by the Maya
  10. 24. Territory that separated from Mexico in 1836
  11. 25. General who captured Mexico City in the war
  12. 28. Made from cocoa cultivated by the Mexica
  13. 29. Period of 35 years ruled by Porfirio Diaz
  14. 30. He became the first Emperor of Mexico
  15. 31. Institution whose lands were nationalized by Juarez
  16. 32. Known as El Benemerito de las Americas
  17. 35. Political group that opposed Juarez in the Reform War
  18. 36. Political group that supported Juarez
  19. 37. American president during the Mexican American War
  20. 38. General who defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto
  21. 39. Infrastructure expanded to 23000 km under Diaz
Down
  1. 1. Port city where Scott began his march to Mexico City
  2. 2. He fought for Mexican Independence after Hidalgo
  3. 3. Another state gained by the US in the Mexican Cession
  4. 4. State that was part of the Mexican Cession
  5. 6. Indigenous group that helped Hernan Cortes
  6. 7. Another name for the Mexica people
  7. 8. Movement that freed Mexico from Spanish rule
  8. 9. Main goal of Reform Laws between Church and State
  9. 11. Three Years War between liberals and conservatives
  10. 14. State where both Juarez and Porfirio Diaz were born
  11. 15. Father of Mexican Independence movement
  12. 16. City where Porfirio Diaz died in 1915
  13. 19. Type of government Diaz established in Mexico
  14. 21. Spanish man who conquered Mexico
  15. 23. Freedom of this was established by the Reform Laws
  16. 26. American general who fought in northern Mexico
  17. 27. First Mexican president of African descent
  18. 33. Famous fort in Texas besieged by Santa Anna
  19. 34. Infrastructure expanded to 23000 km under Diaz
  20. 35. Floating garden used by the Aztecs to grow food