Conquest and Reconquest
Across
- 2. Country that sponsored Columbus' voyage westwards
- 5. Indigenous people of central Mexico
- 8. Spanish explorers who conquered territories in the Americas
- 11. Term used to describe the Americas by Europeans
- 12. Last Muslim stronghold in Spain
Down
- 1. Italian explorer who initiated European contact with the Americas
- 3. Last emperor of the Inca Empire
- 4. Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztecs
- 6. Capital of the Aztec Empire
- 7. System of land grants and labour in Spanish colonies
- 9. Contagious disease brought to the Americas by Europeans
- 10. Indigenous empire in South America