Early Americas & European Exploration Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Name of an empire that settled on Lake Texcoco in central Mexico
  2. 10. The name of the conquistador who led the conquest against the Inca
  3. 12. The name of the capital city of the Inca Empire
  4. 13. One of the two major tribes that lived in the Plateau region
  5. 14. The name of the capital city of the Aztecs
  6. 15. How many ships Columbus set sail with in August 1492
  7. 16. The most important Viking explorer
  8. 17. Material used by the Ancestral Puebloans to build their walls and homes, made from mud and water
  9. 18. The name of the system of colored knotted strings used to relay information
  10. 20. The name of the Spanish conquistador who captured Tenochtitlan?
  11. 21. A land bridge that connected Siberia to present-day Alaska
  12. 22. Highest social class in the Inca Empire
  13. 24. A thick sheet of ice
  14. 25. The oldest known civilization in the Americas
Down
  1. 1. Modern-day location of the Inca Empire
  2. 3. Where the Vikings were from
  3. 4. A ceremonial dinner to show off a family’s wealth
  4. 5. An Animal that the Sioux tribe used to support their way of life
  5. 6. Trading with other regions for goods you could not gather yourself
  6. 7. The present-day location of Vinland
  7. 8. Explorer who took a voyage to the West Indies in 1492
  8. 9. People who the Maya believed could perform the ceremonies needed to bring good harvests or victory in battle
  9. 11. Month that Columbus "discovered" America
  10. 19. An animal was crucial to the Inuit for oil, clothes, furs, etc.
  11. 23. Historical event that occurred 100,000-10,000 years ago