New World

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Across
  1. 5. Economic
  2. 6. conquerors
  3. 7. Political
  4. 10. religion that Columbus promised to convert the people to
  5. 11. language taught to Indians in encomienda
  6. 13. Mayan princess
  7. 14. who punished and killed Indians
  8. 15. where Columbus thought he arrived
  9. 19. bringing great wealth to nations
  10. 20. leader of the Aztec Empire
Down
  1. 1. connected Europe to China
  2. 2. received by an encomendero
  3. 3. widespread outbreak of contagious disease
  4. 4. religion
  5. 8. welcomed by Montezuma
  6. 9. one of the most powerful nations at the time of Columbus Voyage
  7. 11. Saint Savior
  8. 12. what Columbus called the Indians he encountered
  9. 16. study of the universe
  10. 17. arrived in Peru in 1531
  11. 18. interested in buying goods they could not get in Europe