Conquest in the Americas
Across
- 4. He invaded the Aztec empire with a force of 600.
- 7. The Aztec emperor at the time of Cortes' invasion.
- 9. Spanish military leaders who set out to conquer lands for Spain.
- 10. The body's resistance to disease
- 12. Cortes made these partnerships with Indigenous groups in the Aztec empire.
- 13. He invaded the Inca empire in 1532.
Down
- 1. The capital of the Aztec empire.
- 2. The Inca emperor at the time of Pizarro's invasion.
- 3. The deadliest weapon brought by the Spanish.
- 5. The current site of Tenochtitlan.
- 6. Much Spanish gold and silver was sent to this group of islands in Asia controlled by the Spanish. (You know this!)
- 8. Spain gained a massive amount of these precious metals from their colonies in Mexico and Peru.
- 11. Cortes' slave/wife/interpreter. Also known as Dona Maria.
- 14. A war between people of the same nation or kingdom.