Mexico Word Search
Mexico has 32 states and is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. Corn, chocolate and tomatoes were all first grown by people living there, so the country's food and history suit Spanish lessons as much as geography class.
Mexico word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- beach
- cactus
- chili
- desert
- fiesta
- guitar
- mariachi
- sombrero
- taco
- tortilla
Mexico word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- avocado
- aztec
- beach
- cactus
- cancun
- chili
- desert
- fiesta
- guitar
- mariachi
- maya
- pyramid
- sombrero
- taco
- tortilla
Mexico word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- avocado
- aztec
- beach
- cactus
- cancun
- chili
- chocolate
- desert
- fiesta
- guitar
- mariachi
- maya
- mexico city
- monarch
- pyramid
- sombrero
- taco
- tamale
- tortilla
- volcano
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Words in the Mexico word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- taco
- A folded tortilla filled with meat or vegetables
- cactus
- A spiny desert plant found across northern Mexico
- desert
- Dry land covering much of Mexico's north
- beach
- Sandy shore along Mexico's long coastlines
- guitar
- A stringed instrument central to Mexican music
- fiesta
- The Spanish word for a party or festival
- chili
- A hot pepper used in many Mexican dishes
- mariachi
- A band of singers with trumpets, violins and guitars
- sombrero
- A wide-brimmed hat that shades the face
- tortilla
- A flat round bread made from corn or wheat
- pyramid
- A stepped stone temple built by ancient peoples
- cancun
- A resort city on the Caribbean coast
- avocado
- A green fruit mashed into guacamole
- aztec
- A people who ruled central Mexico before the Spanish came
- maya
- A civilization of southern Mexico and Central America
- tamale
- Corn dough steamed in a husk with filling inside
- volcano
- A mountain that can erupt; Mexico has several active ones
- mexico city
- The capital and one of the world's largest cities
- monarch
- A butterfly that migrates to Mexico each winter
- chocolate
- A food made from cacao, first used in ancient Mexico
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