Across
- 2. Spanish land grant system
- 5. a reclining statue with a bowl for human hearts
- 7. a disease that spreads rapidly and widely
- 8. drawings or paintings on rock walls
- 10. supplies of gold and silver
- 12. name of the civilization created by the Mexica
- 15. a celebration or ceremony
- 16. the Christian reconquest of Spain (background to Aztec contact)
- 17. gifts and taxes collected by the Aztecs from conquered groups
- 18. the language spoken by the Aztecs
- 19. Aztec books made from deerskin or bark
- 20. persons of mixed Spanish and Aztec descent
- 21. a knotted-string record system used by Andean cultures
- 23. a device used to throw a short spear
- 24. pictures or symbols used in writing
- 25. volcanic glass
Down
- 1. art carved into rock
- 3. the Aztec school for nobles
- 4. floating islands used for agriculture
- 6. Spanish leader of an expedition to colonize other lands
- 9. Aztec school for commoners
- 11. a brilliantly coloured rainforest bird
- 13. a tall hill across the lake from Tenochtitlan
- 14. a nocturnal wildcat
- 22. units of organization in Aztec society