The Aztecs

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Across
  1. 4. Tenochtitlan was built on an island in lake ___________________.
  2. 5. The Aztec built a powerful empire in Central ___________.
  3. 7. The worship of many gods is called ________________.
  4. 9. The Aztecs sacrificed human _________________ to their gods.
  5. 11. Raised roads across water or wet ground were called _______________.
  6. 12. The Aztecs believed that Cortes was a god called ______________________.
  7. 13. The capital city of the Aztec Empire was called ___________________.
  8. 14. The Aztecs studied ________________ to devise a calendar.
  9. 17. _______________ brought by the Spaniards weakened the Aztecs.
  10. 19. The Spanish main interest was to find __________________.
Down
  1. 1. The huge _____________ to honour their gods.
  2. 2. Man who conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521.
  3. 3. The emperor of the Aztec people was called _______________.
  4. 6. Spanish soldiers who captured the Aztec nation.
  5. 8. They Aztecs were terrified of the _______________ that the Spaniards rode.
  6. 10. The Spaniards were able to overpower the Aztec with superior ________________.
  7. 11. The Aztecs created floating gardens called ________________.
  8. 15. life among the Aztecs were shaped by social life, warfare and ______________.
  9. 16. The most important person in Aztec society was the ________________.
  10. 18. The lowest class in society was the ___________________.