US-Mod 2.3 Spain Builds an Empire - Part One

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Across
  1. 7. During colonization, these were at the top of the royal officials: ____ of the Indies.
  2. 9. a Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain.
  3. 10. Spanish conquistador, he conquered Mexico and brought about the fall of the Aztec Empire.
  4. 11. One of the types of settlements in New Spain - they were military bases.
  5. 12. Emperor of Mexico’s Aztec Empire, he welcomed explorer Cortés as a god but was taken prisoner and later killed by him.
Down
  1. 1. One of the types of settlements in New Spain - where they converted local Natives to Catholicism.
  2. 2. One of the types of settlements in New Spain - they served as trading posts.
  3. 3. The Spanish soldiers had an advantage because of this - which protected their bodies from Aztec arrows.
  4. 4. This was the capital city of the Aztec Empire.
  5. 5. These were brought by the Spanish, killing many Aztecs and making it easier for Spanish to quicken the fall of the Aztec Empire.
  6. 6. He led the Spanish forces against the Inca Empire.
  7. 8. This was the capital city of the Inca Empire.