Chapter 10: A Deadly Meeting

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Across
  1. 2. This particular disease killed thousands of Aztecs, making the Spanish conquest far easier
  2. 8. In order to siege Tenochtitlan, the Spanish destroyed this in order to cut off the city's water supply
  3. 9. Though the Spanish weapons were largely better than the Aztec ones, this weapon in particular took the Aztecs by surprise
  4. 10. Though the Totonacs and Tlaxcalans provided the Spanish with military aid, this Indigenous group was loyal to the Aztecs and was conquered as a result
  5. 13. The Spaniard left in charge of Tenochtitlan after Moctezuma's arrest, who killed Aztec dancers during a festival
  6. 14. A person who acts as a go-between or mediator between two people or groups
  7. 15. True or False: the Spanish were successful on conquering Tenochtitlan on their first attempt
Down
  1. 1. A disease that spreads rapidly and infects many people at once
  2. 3. This slave woman served as the Spanish's advisor and spy, and became known as Dona Marina among the Spanish
  3. 4. The leader of Spanish troops against the Aztecs
  4. 5. This peninsula, west of Cuba, was where the Spanish conquest of Mexico began
  5. 6. The governor of Cuba, who tried to cancel the Spanish conquest of Mexico over fears that he would not receive glory and control
  6. 7. The Spanish name for present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti
  7. 11. Following the conquistador's formula, the leader of a successful expedition would stay on the conquered land and take up this title
  8. 12. Instead of fighting the Aztecs on foot, the Spanish used this animal to gain a military advantage