Across
- 2. - Spanish conquistador/general who conquered the Aztec empire
- 5. - Aztec emperor who was defeated by Cortes
- 7. - Aztec god (feathered serpent); many mistakenly believed this to be Cortes in human form
- 9. Cabot: Italian navigator sent by England to claim land in Newfoundland (present day Canada)
- 10. Catholic King of Spain
- 11. - nickname;English sailors who operated nimble, fast ships
- 13. Italian navigator sent by France; Cape Fear, North Carolina to Newfoundland.
Down
- 1. - Protestant Queen of England
- 3. - Inca emperor who was captured and killed by Pizarro
- 4. - French explorer who established a fur trading base in French Canada in 1608; this would become the first permanent French colony in America and would be named Quebec
- 6. - the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world
- 8. French seafarer who explored the coast of Canada and the St. Lawrence River; claimed land for France
- 12. - spanish fleet of warships