Meso-America Is Rad

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival (6)
  2. 4. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (4)
  3. 6. A member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between (5)
  4. 7. The basic unit of money in Guatemala (7)
  5. 9. Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting (plural) (7)
  6. 11. The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure (9)
  7. 12. Country south of the USA known for tacos (6)
  8. 15. A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter (5)
  9. 16. A ruler of the ___ (4)

Down

  1. 2. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking (5)
  2. 3. A particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation (8)
  3. 5. A state of Mexico on the northern part of the ___ Peninsula (7)
  4. 8. Ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln (7)
  5. 10. Religious leader who leads worship (6)
  6. 13. A town in the Andes in southern Peru (5)
  7. 14. A republic in western South America (4)