Memorias y Facturas Crossword Puzzle

4. The Aztec word for a delicious beverage made from cacao beans that is similar to a popular dessert we all enjoy today.
7. The very first requisition from the Presidio included an order of forty _______ and metates from Mexico.
9. These valuable items had the Spanish coat of arms on one side and the face of the ruling monarch on the other.
11. The name of the Empire that existed in the Valley of Mexico before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors.
13. This material had to be imported and was used to make hinges, latches, locks, padlocks, keys, spikes, and nails.
14. The religion practiced by the Spanish soldiers (soldados). We know religion was important to Spanish colonists because they ordered many personal religious items such as prayer books, songbooks, rosaries and religious medals.
15. The Spanish term for “invoices”.
16. The largest category of items ordered by the Presidio according to historic memorias and facturas.

1. The two-part name of a province of New Spain that included the U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. (Hint: Spanish for “Upper California”).
2. This type of bean was used as money in Mexico by the time the Spaniards arrived.
3. Presidio commanders would order these to trade with the Chumash.
5. The first and last name of the Spanish conquistador who led an expedition and overtook the Aztec Empire to create New Spain.
6. The Spanish term for “requisitions”.
8. There was only one of these stationed at the Presidio in Monterey to care for all the settlers’ medical needs.
10. Because land routes were not permanent during this time period, the presidio usually relied on supplies from what port-city?
12. The material Chumash used to build their houses which measured 50 feet in diameter.