Age of Contact Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 6. 800 year era when Spanish Christians fought to reconquer Spain from the African Moors.
  2. 7. Country that established the fur trade in North America.
  3. 9. The river La Salle was sailing to when he missed and landed in Texas.
  4. 12. The people conquered by Hernan Cortes.
  5. 13. Spanish explorer that conquered the Aztecs in 1519 and never went to Texas.
  6. 14. Spanish explorer who searched for several years for the seven cities of gold and silver.
  7. 15. Spanish explorer who mapped the Gulf of Mexico in 1519.
Down
  1. 1. The motivation to explore the New World or North America.
  2. 2. Spanish explorer who was shipwrecked in Texas for six years and lived as a slave, shaman, healer, and trader.
  3. 3. Sailed for the Spanish to find a short cut to Asia in 1492 and failed by discovering North America.
  4. 4. The country where most of the explorers in Texas originated from.
  5. 5. A city built by Cortes on the ruins of the Aztec Empire capital.
  6. 8. The name for the seven cities of gold and silver.
  7. 10. French explorer who missed the Mississippi, built a fort in Texas, and was killed by his solders.
  8. 11. The phrase used to describe North America.