Topic 3: Middle America Part 1

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Across
  1. 3. in Spanish colonial America, a person of mixed Spanish and American Indian ancestry
  2. 6. the area from California and New Mexico given by Mexico to the United States in 1848
  3. 7. bowl-shaped area
  4. 9. right granted by the Spanish government to its American colonists to demand labor or tribute from American Indians
  5. 13. in Spanish colonial America, a person born in Spain
  6. 16. building for observing the sky
  7. 17. "conqueror" in Spanish; a leader in the Spanish conquests of America, Mexico, and Peru in the sixteenth century
Down
  1. 1. a wall to hold back water
  2. 2. exchange of people, plants and animals, and ideas between the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere
  3. 4. armed rebellion in which the Mexican people fought for political and social reform
  4. 5. symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound
  5. 8. (agriculture) farming method in which trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned and ash is used for fertilizer
  6. 10. artificial island built by the Aztecs
  7. 11. colorful tropical bird
  8. 12. in Spanish colonial America, an American-born descendant of Spanish settlers
  9. 14. government taking ownership of a company or industry
  10. 15. a canal or pipe that carries fresh water