Los aztecas

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Religious leader who leads worship (6)
  2. 6. Country south of the USA known for tacos (6)
  3. 7. The male ruler of an empire (7)
  4. 9. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes (plural) (6)
  5. 11. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (7)
  6. 12. Evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers (9)
  7. 13. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)

Down

  1. 1. Someone who attacks in search of booty (7)
  2. 2. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (6)
  3. 3. Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity (plural) (7)
  4. 4. Shiny yellow metal used in jewelry (4)
  5. 6. A businessperson engaged in retail trade (plural) (9)
  6. 8. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river (6)
  7. 10. Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World (6)