Mexico

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Across
  1. 2. What was the name of the leader of the Aztecs?
  2. 3. What celebration (in Spanish) honors Mexican diversity and mixing of origins?
  3. 5. What was the name of the city of the Aztecs?
  4. 8. In 1821, they gained independence from ___.
  5. 10. In 1521, the Spanish ___ gained the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
  6. 11. Three large groups of indigenous people in Mexico are called the Aztecs, the ___, and the Olmecs.
  7. 12. In 1521, the region was called ___.
  8. 13. The Mexican race is a ___ of the people in its history.
  9. 14. Indigenous groups like the Aztecs lived between the Pacific Ocean and the ___ Sea.
Down
  1. 1. In 1824, the region adopted the name ___.
  2. 4. What is the capital of Mexico called today?
  3. 6. What was the full name of the Spanish conquistadors’ leader?
  4. 7. Is Mexico to the north or south of the equator?
  5. 8. The Catholic religion in Mexico has a ___ origin.
  6. 9. The ideas of ___ peoples are present in Mexico, like in Day of the Dead.