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Junior Park Ranger Program

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Illustration from Junior Park Ranger Program: Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments

Fill in the words below that match the definition given.

JEWELRY

PUEBLO

POTTERY

ERUPTIONS

MONTEZUMA

HOHOKAM

SINAGUA

TUZIGOOT

LADDERS

CORN

Containers for food and water made from clay. 33 27 15 35

What the Sinagua Indians used to climb into their homes. 16 34 19 13

A modern Apache word meaning “crooked water.” 24 4 10 20 21

Name for a home built of stone and mud. 18 32 5

Pima word meaning “those who have gone.” 14 29 36

An Aztec ruler wrongly believed to have visited here. 9 11 2 31

An important food grown by the Sinagua Indians. 23 6 25

Spanish word meaning “without water.” 30 26 8

Seashells traded from coastal areas were made into this. 1 22 12

What happened at Sunset Crater that later made the land rich. 7 17 28 3 37

Now fill in the letters of the numbered spaces below with letters from the words above to discover a hidden message.

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