Mexico

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Across
  1. 5. Mexicans have unique practices that result from the ____ of cultures
  2. 6. Established an _____, a land with different territories and peoples under one ruler
  3. 7. The Spanish brought new ____, such as smallpox, which killed many Aztecs
  4. 9. Scholars _____ of reason for their collapse
  5. 12. The Spanish monarch granted ______, or huge expanses of farm or ranch land, to some Spanish people who became wealthy
  6. 14. Priests learned native languages and _______ the American Indians to Catholicism
Down
  1. 1. The church established ____, or church outposts
  2. 2. Through war obtained new lands, taxes, and captives to ______
  3. 3. Developed a ______
  4. 4. Kept ______ records
  5. 8. The American Indians and the _____ Africans labored in the mines
  6. 10. Most Mexicans ____ Spanish
  7. 11. Built a great capital on an ______ in 1325
  8. 13. Cortes ______ the empire by 1521