Period 1: 1491-1607

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Across
  1. 4. Spanish conquerors of the Americas
  2. 5. claimed Mexico on behalf of Spain
  3. 9. divided the world into Spanish and Portuguese
  4. 10. social hierarchy
  5. 11. indigenous people of the plains
Down
  1. 1. system of land grants and indigenous labor
  2. 2. brought by Europeans, decimated indigenous populations
  3. 3. long communal dwelling of some North American Indians
  4. 6. most extensive urban centre in prehistoric America
  5. 7. people who founded Mexican empire
  6. 8. livestock brought to Americas by Europeans
  7. 12. Peruvian empire prior to Spanish conquest