Pre-Columbian Americas

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Across
  1. 6. the people in Cahokia built many of these using baskets
  2. 7. this person searched for the Northwest passage
  3. 8. this explorer started the voyage that first circumnavigated the world
  4. 10. the first European country that sailed under the tip of Africa and made it to Asia
  5. 11. America was named after this person
  6. 13. to sail or travel all the way around the world
  7. 14. this was the civilization located on the Mississippi River Valley
  8. 15. this was the empire located in South America
Down
  1. 1. the name of the era when Spain fought against the Islamic Empire
  2. 2. the name of the city built by the Aztec
  3. 3. this is a famous structure in the Andes built by the Inca
  4. 4. this "invisible killer" wiped out around 90% of the natives in the new world
  5. 5. this person is credited with discovering the Americas for Europe
  6. 9. this was the empire located in Central America
  7. 11. the "land bridge" supposedly connected Russia and ______
  8. 12. Spain wanted to do this in the new world (this was their mindset)