Across
- 1. is a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
- 6. is crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit
- 8. a large peninsula that separates the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
- 10. the Mexican name for the river known as the Rio Grande in the United States; it forms the border between Mexico and the U.S.
Down
- 2. a name that the Spaniards called people of mixed European and Indian ancestry
- 3. Mexico’s National capital
- 4. huge expanses of farm or ranch land. Peasants, usually Indians, lived and worked on the haciendas.
- 5. a church outpost
- 7. a U.S. or other foreign-owned factory in Mexico
- 9. a mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog