Topic 3 Lessons 1-3 Review

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Across
  1. 5. the country Hernan Cortes is originally from
  2. 6. the exchange of people, ideas, etc between the Western and Eastern hemispheres was called this
  3. 8. Spanish explorers who conquered territory
  4. 9. name of the Aztec leader
  5. 11. early civilization known for hieroglyphics
  6. 12. the tax that the American Indians needed to pay to the Spanish to stay on their own land
  7. 13. the Spanish put leaders in charge of city-states...these leaders were called _____________________
  8. 14. the entire area of MesoAmerica was renamed this after the Spanish took over
Down
  1. 1. the Aztecs built these to carry fresh water into their area
  2. 2. capital city of the Aztec empire
  3. 3. The Spanish had immunity to these, but the American Indians did not, so they died because of them
  4. 4. first group of settlers in MesoAmerica
  5. 7. A farming method where trees on a plot of land are cut down and burned to enrich poor soil in the rainforest is called slash and burn ______________________.
  6. 10. last name of the man who defeated the Aztecs
  7. 11. the Spanish changed the name of the capital city of Tenochtitlan to this