The Mexica

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