Aztec & Spanish

2. - The Aztec social structure, from nobles and priests to farmers and slaves.
4. - Predictions that some Aztecs believed foretold the arrival of the Spanish.
6. Reconquista - Spain’s centuries-long war to reclaim land from Muslims; shaped Spanish attitudes.
7. - Peaceful negotiation used by both Aztecs and Spanish to make alliances.
8. - A one-sided or unfair view that affects how we see others or history.
10. - The Aztec emperor who ruled when the Spanish arrived.
12. Establishing control over Indigenous lands and people for settlement and profit.
13. - The first people living in a land before colonization or conquest.
15. - Treating others as less than human, often used to justify conquest.

1. - Factor that led to their conquest; a disease that killed many Indigenous people.
3. - A Catholic court in Spain that punished people who disagreed with church teachings.
5. - Main god of the Aztec people; also the sun god.
9. Cortes - Leader of the Spanish who invaded and eventually conquered the Aztec Empire.
11. - Spanish soldiers who explored and conquered lands in the Americas.
14. Malinche - Indigenous woman who translated for Cortes; viewed as a traitor or a survivor.