Across
- 3. practice of burning forest in order to clear land for planting
- 6. president that helped Mexico past the French
- 7. land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
- 8. this separates Gulf of Mexico from main land Mexico
- 12. church outposts
- 16. world's second largest city and one of the most densely populated urban areas
- 18. peninsula in northern Mexico
- 19. Spaniards called people of mixed European and Indian ancestry
- 20. celebrated Nov. 1st and 2nd to reflect on hopes of life and after death
Down
- 1. east boarder of Mexico
- 2. US and foreign owned factories in Mexico
- 4. huge expanses of farm or ranch land
- 5. leader of the revolt against the Spanish; Catholic priest
- 9. mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog
- 10. piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
- 11. crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit
- 13. mountain ranges in Mexico "mother range"
- 14. forms boarder with Mexico and USA
- 15. big part of Mexico economy; visit beaches and ancient Maya/Aztec sites
- 17. rise is a rise in prices that occurs when currency loses its buying power.