Across
- 4. a grand celebration or festival, a party (Spanish fee-ESS-tah)
- 9. title indicating a Spanish lady (used much as “Miss” or “Mrs.” is used in English) (Spanish)
- 12. the solid or hard fat from cattle or sheep used to make candles and soap.
- 13. welcome (Spanish bee-en-veh-KNEE-DOHS)
- 14. a stone with a shallow bowl-shaped depression in the top, used for grinding grains. (Spanish meh-TAH-teh)
- 15. a cowgirl (Spanish vah-KEH-rah)
- 16. title indicating a Spanish gentleman (used much as mister is used in English (Spanish)
- 17. a gift of land given by the government
- 19. a map, used in early California to show the boundaries of land grants by referring to natural features such as streams, hills, large rocks, or clumps of trees. (Spanish dee-SANE-yo)
- 22. a thin, flat cake made of corn or wheat flour. (tor-TEE-yah)
- 23. the rounding up of all the cattle. (Spanish row-DAY-oh)
- 24. a rope made of braided cowhide strips or horsehair, a lasso or lariat used for roping cattle or horses. (Spanish reh- AH-tah)
- 25. ranch home (Span ish ah-see-EN-dah)
Down
- 1. the Spanish-speaking people who lived in California in the late 1700s and 1800s. (Spanish Cah-lee-FOR-neeohs)
- 2. cowhides used as money
- 3. a mixture of lime and water brushed on walls, or fences to make them white.
- 5. the primary business activity in California during the Rancho period
- 6. a porch (Spanish veh-RAN-dah)
- 7. the owner of a ranch in California, later used to mean any ranch worker. (Spanish rahn-CHAIR-oh)
- 8. a cart with large wooden wheels (Spanish kar-REH-tah)
- 10. a cowboy or herdsman. (Spanish vah-KEH-roh)
- 11. kitchen (Spanish coh-SEE-nah)
- 18. a mark burned onto the hide of an animal, used to show ownership
- 20. bricks made from sun-dried mud and straw (dried in wooden forms) Adobe bricks were used for building houses and churches in early California. (Spanish ah-DOH-bey)
- 21. a ranch (Spanish) (RAHN-choh)