The Aztecs

4. A person chosen to dress in sacred regalia to physically manifest a god's energy on Earth.
6. The primary purpose of the 365-day solar calendar, used to track seasons and farming cycles.
7. Describing the original, genderless deity who existed before all other gods and the creation of the world.
8. The fundamental belief that the universe required a constant balance between masculine and feminine forces.
9. The social pressure or forced process for Indigenous groups to give up their unique customs for mainstream culture.
11. The daily ritual of offering one's own blood, often from the ears or tongue, to show gratitude to the gods.
12. Professional women who worked as skilled painters, healers, or performers rather than just in the home.
13. The type of specialized schooling that is often underfunded or unavailable for children in rural Indigenous regions.

1. Along with cooking, this was the primary skill taught to daughters by their mothers within the household.
2. The high social status granted to mothers who died in childbirth, equal to soldiers who died in battle.
3. The ongoing social and economic exclusion that many modern Nahua communities face in Mexico.
5. The 20th-century government ideology that promoted a unified Mexican identity by blending Spanish and Indigenous roots.
8. The life path or fate of an individual, which was determined entirely by their birth date on the ritual calendar.
10. The name of the ancient language that survived the conquest and is still spoken by over 1.5 million people.