Aztec Assessment

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Across
  1. 2. Region where Columbus first arrived in the Americas.
  2. 6. AMERICANS Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
  3. 8. Disease that devastated Indigenous populations.
  4. 9. Explorer who reached the Americas in 1492.
  5. 11. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire.
  6. 12. Valuable metal the Spanish sought in the Americas.
  7. 13. CORTES Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire.
  8. 15. Spanish soldier and explorer involved in the conquest.
Down
  1. 1. A large territory ruled by one government or ruler.
  2. 2. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.
  3. 3. Capital city of the Aztec Empire.
  4. 4. Valuable metal the Spanish searched for.
  5. 5. Country where the Aztec Empire was located.
  6. 7. Indigenous empire conquered by the Spanish in South America.
  7. 10. European country that sponsored the conquests.
  8. 14. Spanish system involving Indigenous labour.
  9. 16. Indigenous people who ruled a powerful empire in Mexico.