Conquest of the Americas

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Across
  1. 3. Animals brought from Europe that changed travel and farming
  2. 5. Buying and selling of goods
  3. 6. The Aztecs had a large and rich empire
  4. 9. Deadly sickness that killed many Indigenous people
  5. 12. The first Americans were called native peoples
  6. 13. The Spanish conqueror who defeated the Aztecs
  7. 14. Many Indigenous people died from European diseases
Down
  1. 1. Explorer who came to the Americas in 1492
  2. 2. Spanish word for conqueror
  3. 4. Precious metal the Spanish wanted
  4. 7. Movement of plants, animals, and diseases between continents
  5. 8. Forced labor system used on plantations
  6. 9. Country that sent Columbus and the conquistadors
  7. 10. The empire located in Mexico before the Spanish arrived
  8. 11. Continent where most enslaved people were taken from