Santa Fe
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- 2. German-Jewish family whose mercantile empire became prominent in Santa Fe during the territorial era.
- 7. Earth-based building material characteristic of historic Santa Fe architecture.
- 8. What happened in 1912 to NM?
- 12. Architectural style combining Pueblo and Spanish Colonial influences.
- 13. Catholic religious order deeply associated with the Spanish missions of New Mexico.
- 14. Occupation associated with many early Jewish immigrants in territorial New Mexico.
- 19. 1680 uprising that temporarily ended Spanish rule in New Mexico.
- 20. Building that served successive Spanish, Mexican, and American governments.
- 23. Jewish cultural tradition associated particularly with Central and Eastern Europe.
- 24. The question that may determine the color of your New Mexican meal.
- 25. Blending of elements from different religious or cultural traditions.
- 26. German-born Jewish merchant who became deeply connected to Acoma Pueblo.
- 27. Historic Jewish language associated with many Central and Eastern European immigrants.
- 29. Large wooden ceiling beams characteristic of traditional Southwestern architecture.
- 31. Jewish house of prayer and communal gathering.
- 32. Describes the period when New Mexico was governed as part of Mexico.
- 35. Mineral strongly associated with New Mexico's landscape, Indigenous traditions, and commerce.
- 37. Historic public square at the heart of Santa Fe.
- 38. Political or social condition in which multiple cultural, religious, or ideological viewpoints coexist.
- 39. New Mexico capital at the center of the puzzle.
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- 1. Mountain range rising immediately east of Santa Fe.
- 3. Spanish governor associated with establishing Santa Fe at its present location.
- 4. Painted sacred image associated with Spanish and Mexican Catholic devotional art.
- 5. Artist whose name became closely associated with New Mexico's landscape.
- 6. Technology that dramatically changed Santa Fe's economic position in the late nineteenth century.
- 9. New Mexico ingredient that inspires the question “red or green?”
- 10. Treaty that transferred New Mexico to the United States after the Mexican-American War.
- 11. Commercial route that connected Missouri and Santa Fe and helped establish the city as a major trading center.
- 12. Covered porch or gallery characteristic of Southwestern architecture.
- 15. New Mexico city that became a major railroad and commercial center.
- 16. Indigenous communities whose civilizations and cultures predate Spanish colonization.
- 17. Carved wooden religious figure associated with New Mexican folk Catholicism.
- 18. Language central to New Mexican public, cultural, and religious life across centuries.
- 21. Historic Santa Fe church whose name means Saint Michael.
- 22. Government by the people.
- 28. Spanish governor who returned to Santa Fe during the reconquest of New Mexico in the 1690s.
- 30. Jewish tradition associated with Iberian ancestry.
- 31. Prominent Jewish mercantile family whose Santa Fe home remains a historic landmark.
- 33. Christian tradition introduced and institutionalized through Spanish colonization.
- 34. Political system dividing authority between national and state governments.
- 36. Spanish word for a town or settlement.