Aztecs: a Deadly Meeting

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Across
  1. 2. These animals had never been encountered by the Aztecs giving the Spanish a great advantage during the war
  2. 4. More Spanish troops arrived, they had been sent by the _______ to arrest Cortes
  3. 6. This Aztec city is the one the Spanish decided to invade (the heart of the Aztec Empire)
  4. 8. While the Aztecs used their war clubs, the Spanish used their ______\
  5. 9. The Aztecs decided to do this as a battle strategy instead of charging into battle
  6. 10. This disease aided the Spanish by causing an epidemic among the Aztecs
  7. 13. This bilingual slave helped Cortes by being a spy, adviser and translator
  8. 14. The Spanish were surprised by how much of this material the Aztecs had
  9. 16. Before striking inland to the Aztecs, Cortes established a ______ called La Villa Rica de la Vellacruz
  10. 17. Cortes was second in command to Governor __________.
  11. 19. Before even considering the Aztecs, the Spanish conquered this Caribbean country
  12. 20. The Spanish brought this kind of gun along with cannons
Down
  1. 1. Cortes was in Cuba for 8 ________
  2. 3. A Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that resulted in the fall of the Aztecs
  3. 5. The war was unfair for the Aztecs because the Spanish had such advanced _________.
  4. 7. At only age 19, Cortes set sail for what was known as the "_______ _______"
  5. 11. The Aztec emperor who was ruling when the Spanish came
  6. 12. When Cortes defeated the Tabascan people, he was given food, clothes, gold and _______
  7. 15. When Cortes came back 6 months later, the Spanish cut the Aztec's _________ and defeated them
  8. 18. The Spanish placed Moctezuma under this in his own palace