PART II | AZTEC CIVILIZATION AND CONQUEST

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Across
  1. 2. Aztec Rain God
  2. 4. Forced donations/taxes by the Aztec tribute states.
  3. 5. Spanish soldiers were forced to retreat, and many drowned.
  4. 6. Alliance Alliance between the Aztecs, Texcoco, and Tlapopan.
  5. 8. Was used to make knives to remove the sacrifices' hearts.
  6. 9. A major deity in ancient Mesoamerican mythology and religion.
  7. 11. The Aztec emperor who allowed the Spanish to enter Tenochtitlan.
  8. 13. Texcoco Lake on which Tenochtitlan was built.
  9. 14. The area of Southern Mexico that the Triple Alliance controlled.
Down
  1. 1. The supreme patron god of the Aztecs in Mesoamerican mythology.
  2. 3. 1st major civilization in the valley of Mexico.
  3. 4. The Capital City of the Aztec Empire. Built on Lake Texcoco.
  4. 7. A highly contagious disease that left populations diminished.
  5. 10. Floating garden agriculture. Used by Latin American civilizations.
  6. 12. Spanish conqueror who led the takeover of the Aztecs.