Mexico Crossword

5. The national flower of Mexico
6. A renowned Mexican poet
9. National fruit of Mexico
11. One of Mexico's towering volcanic peaks also called Orizaba which forms the highest point in the country at 18,406 feet (5,610 meters)
13. Considered to be the national dish of Mexico
14. The national bird of Mexico
15. The capital of Mexico
17. A small communal village where indigenous peasants live much as their ancestors did
18. The largest pyramid in the world
20. The official language of Mexico
22. established on an island in Lake Texcoco in 1325 AD as the capital city of the Aztecs
23. The third largest country in Latin America

1. The largest monument ever created in the world.
2. a holy Mesoamerican city built in around 400 BC in what is now Mexico and forms one of the country’s oldest archeological sites.
3. a river in western Mexico. It flows westwards from Lake Chapala through the states of Jalisco and Nayarit to empty into the Pacific Ocean
4. a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California
7. Mexico's national drink
8. Separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea, encompassing 3 Mexican states, plus portions of Belize and Guatemala.
10. An ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.
12. The oldest university in North America
16. A marvelous temple that was built by the Mayans and Toltecs
19. Mexican currency
21. the smallest volcano in the world,