APUSH Period 1 Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Illnesses that caused many deaths to the native population, such as smallpox
  2. 6. Social structure in which natives were enslaved to do work in the Americas
  3. 10. The exchange of goods from Europe to the Americas
  4. 12. Spanish social structure in the Americas that put natives and Africans at the bottom
  5. 13. The native Americans were very _______, and lived in many different ways
  6. 15. Group of people living in an organized community. This was restructured multiple times in both America and Europe, with the crumbling of Feudalism and the introduction of the Casta system.
Down
  1. 1. New social and economic structure that rose from the new wealth coming to Europe
  2. 2. Beliefs held by a group of people. The Spanish tried to spread this, and Christianity in particular.
  3. 4. A sedentary farming group of Native Americans, famous for their clay villages built into cliffs.
  4. 5. The riches gained from silver and gold in the Americas and a major catalyst for societal restructuring
  5. 7. Countries settling new land into colonies
  6. 8. One of the foods that came to Europe from America. It is similar to corn.
  7. 9. Old social structure in Europe that was replaced by Capitalism
  8. 11. Relating to the sea. The Europeans were trying to discover sea routes for better trade.
  9. 14. People forced to work for another person and treated as property. They were brought to America to help with farming.