The Aztecs: Booklet 3

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Across
  1. 2. = The second Aztec emperor.
  2. 3. = The fancy spear thrower the Aztecs used during battle
  3. 7. = One of Cortez Intermediaries, advisors, and spies.
  4. 8. = What Cortes built in Tenochtitlan after he defeated the Aztecs
  5. 10. = He funded Cortes’s expedition to Yucatan.
  6. 11. = Loyal allies of the Aztecs, who were conquered by the Spanish
  7. 13. = An Aztec city
  8. 14. = The group of people the Spanish were trying to conquer.
  9. 16. Cortez'se Spanish cut these off to defeat the Aztecs
  10. 17. = During the expedition, Cortes had 11 of these to transport his crew
  11. 19. = The Aztecs threw these at their leader during his speech to try and calm people down
Down
  1. 1. = Men and women from religious orders, or clergy that had the authority to teach and convert people to Catholicism.
  2. 4. = A spanish conqueror
  3. 5. = A disease that the Spanish gave the Aztecs who lived in Tenochtitlan
  4. 6. = A large landmass west of Cuba that Cortes had interest in.
  5. 8. = The place Cortes thought would be a good place to grow his fortune.
  6. 9. = A sacred bird that was considered good luck to the Aztecs.
  7. 12. = Cortez had 16 of these animals during the expedition
  8. 15. = During the expedition, Cortes had 100 of these to steer the ships
  9. 18. = The amount of months before Cortes attacked again