Lesson 3: The Spanish Colonies

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Across
  1. 3. Forts built by the Spanish in the Americas.
  2. 5. Large farm for growing crops.
  3. 7. Areas on the edge of a country’s territory.
  4. 8. Forcing people to work without pay.
  5. 9. Spanish conquerors of the Americas.
  6. 13. Referring to the original inhabitants of the Americas.
  7. 14. People sent on a religious mission, particularly to promote Christianity in foreign countries.
  8. 17. The name of the colony established by Spain mostly in what is now Mexico.
  9. 18. Land ruled by another country.
  10. 19. The central region of New Spain, with its capital at Mexico City.
  11. 20. The capital of the New Mexico colony, established by Spanish missionaries.
Down
  1. 1. The continent from which explorers set out to the Americas.
  2. 2. People from the continent of Europe.
  3. 4. A place where people establish a community.
  4. 6. The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area.
  5. 10. The first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.
  6. 11. Illnesses brought by Europeans that greatly impacted Native populations.
  7. 12. Religious communities established by Spanish missionaries.
  8. 15. Large estates or homes in Spanish colonies.
  9. 16. The act of conquering lands, often used in reference to European activities in the Americas.
  10. 21. A group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor or other powerful sovereign.