US HISTORY: Lesson 3 & 4

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Across
  1. 2. European disease that devastated indigenous populations in the Americas.
  2. 3. Advanced Central American civilization known for pyramids, writing, and astronomy.
  3. 7. Spanish settlement founded in Florida in 1565; the first permanent European settlement in what became the United States. This is a two-word answer.
  4. 8. Explorer whose expedition became the first to sail around the world.
  5. 9. Period of European “rebirth” that encouraged learning, discovery, and exploration.
  6. 12. Columbus’s largest ship on his first voyage. This is a two-word answer.
Down
  1. 1. Explorer who sailed west for Spain and reached the Bahamas in 1492.
  2. 4. German inventor whose movable-type printing process helped spread knowledge.
  3. 5. Powerful civilization centered in Mexico and conquered by Cortés.
  4. 6. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire.
  5. 10. Powerful South American civilization conquered by Pizarro.
  6. 11. Spanish explorer who became the first known European to see the Mississippi River. This is a two-word answer.