Aztec and Spanish Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Time before Columbus arrived
  2. 9. A motivation
  3. 10. Soldiers, explorers, and adventurers at the service of the Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire
  4. 11. Passing of knowledge, beliefs and stories through speaking (two words)
  5. 14. History marked by notable events
  6. 15. What Katniss volunteered as
  7. 16. The collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location
  8. 17. Rock formed of cooled lava
Down
  1. 1. Also called high plain or tableland
  2. 2. The Aztecs used these to write
  3. 3. A physical area with specific traits that determine its plants and animals (two words)
  4. 5. Belief that a country should maintain a strong military force
  5. 6. Aztecs lived _________ lives for 200 years
  6. 7. The Dead Sea has very high ______ levels
  7. 8. Another word for fate
  8. 12. Meso-American city-state
  9. 13. When a deity or spirit takes a physical form