social vocab
Across
- 2. an Aztec version of a crossbow.
- 4. a large class of nobles who never owned land
- 6. Cortés needed someone to act as a blank. Someone to act as a link between him and Moctezuma, the leader of Aztec society.
- 7. the first of these buildings was built in Spain 200 years before they were built in Europe.
- 11. A religious group of people who took over Spain but later got overthrown by the Spanish
- 14. something like a spear. It was a Spanish weapon that had a spear blade an axe point and a hook.
- 16. small areas often ruled by princes
- 17. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had a special title because they were so dedicated to their religion.
- 18. A small pox blank broke out in tenochtitln. It killed many people making the Aztec army very depleted and weak.
- 19. his first name is hernan and he was on the expedition that destroyed the Aztecs.
- 20. the Aztec emperor. He was captured by the Spanish and held at random so the Aztec army would follow the Spanish orders.
Down
- 1. the area of jurisdiction of Islamic rulers.
- 3. the Spanish brought 16 of these animals with them to fight the Aztecs.
- 5. people who had the right to convert and teach others the catholic religion
- 8. the Aztecs had no blank to the smallpox virus. This is because they had no previous exposure and their body’s couldn’t fight it off.
- 9. Spanish weapons. Rifle like guns that were fired from the shoulder.
- 10. the Spanish needed more blank to make money out of. One of the main reasons for exploring outside of Europe
- 12. When Catholics from Spain forced people from other religions to convert to being catholic
- 13. the Spanish cut off the Aztecs water supply by blocking the blanks that carried water to the city.
- 15. a Spanish word meaning "Reconquest"