Spanish Conquest of the Americas

3. Payments, such as goods or services, made by one nation to ensure protection by another.
6. Aztec Emperor wh reigned during the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan.
7. A term used to refer to the soldiers and explorers of Spanish or Portuguese Empires in a general sense. Literally, it means 'conqueror'.
10. A highly contagious disease. The indigenous people had no immunity to this deadly virus that was brough to the Americas by the Europeans, and more than 90% died.
12. The exposure of multiple layers beneath the Earth's surface so archaelogists can study the artefacts of a site.
16. A glassy black rock formed by rapidly cooling lava.
17. A road built across a broad body of water or wetland.
18. A pottery fragment usually unearthed as an archaeological relic.

1. The art of decorating something with small pieces of coloured materials such as glass, stones, tiles or shells.
2. A god that is a guardian or protector of something in particular. For example, Chicomexochiti was the patron god of artists.
4. The capital city of the Aztec Empire, built in the centre of Lake Texcoco.
5. A water supply system constructed to convey water over a long gradual slope.
6. The region where North and South America meet, and now includes modern day countries such as Guatemala and Mexico.
7. A small, floating piece of fertile land used for agriculture.
8. The offering of a crop or the killing of a live animal/person to please a god.
9. A symbol or image used to represent words.
11. The Spanish conquistador who invaded the Aztec territory and took the city of Tenochtitlan.
13. In Aztec context, the name given to a document written by the Aztecs, which uses mainly picture to tell a story.
14. Texcoco A natural body of water (lake) within the valley of Mexico.
15. corn;grown typically in Central and South America. An important Aztec food.