The Mexica
Across
- 3. Ruler of an empire
- 6. Indigenous woman who acted as interpreter for Cortés
- 7. Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire
- 9. Ritual offering to the gods, often involving human lives
- 10. Powerful animal in Aztec mythology
- 11. Corn, a staple crop of Mesoamerican civilizations
- 15. Sign believed to predict the future
- 16. Skilled craftsperson
- 19. Aztec school for commoners
- 23. Precious metal sought by Spanish explorers
- 25. Language spoken by the Aztecs
- 26. Agreement between groups to cooperate
- 27. Spanish conqueror of the Americas
- 29. Main temple in the Aztec capital
- 30. Last Aztec emperor
- 31. Aztec god of rain and water
- 33. Ancient Mesoamerican book or manuscript
- 34. Aztec clan or neighborhood unit
- 35. Capital city of the Aztec Empire
Down
- 1. Set of beliefs about fundamental aspects of reality
- 2. Payment made by one state or ruler to another
- 4. Practice of owning human beings as property
- 5. Bitter drink made from cacao beans, loved by Aztecs
- 7. Floating gardens used by Aztecs for agriculture
- 8. Indigenous civilization of Mesoamerica
- 12. Symbolic bird in Aztec culture
- 13. Symbolic figure carved or incised on stone
- 14. Person of mixed European and indigenous American ancestry
- 15. Volcanic glass used for tools and weapons
- 17. Christian reconquest of Spain from Muslim rule
- 18. Disease that devastated indigenous populations
- 20. Step-like structure used for ceremonies
- 21. European country that conquered the Aztecs
- 22. Seed from which chocolate is made
- 24. Peninsula in southeastern Mexico
- 28. Feathered serpent deity in Aztec mythology
- 32. Legendary ancestral home of the Aztecs