Age of Contact: Explorers

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Across
  1. 1. / The Aztec emperor
  2. 4. de Moscoso / Led an expedition west to the lower Brazos River and then back to the Mississippi River
  3. 5. / Religious outposts
  4. 6. de Vaca / Leader of the first Europeans to enter Texas
  5. 8. / members of Catholic religious orders
  6. 9. / Spanish soldiers
  7. 11. / The first known black man to enter Texas
  8. 12. / Native Americans that lived on the coast and helped Cabeza de Vaca and his men
  9. 13. / Sailed from Cuba and landed on the eastern coast of Mexicao in 1519
  10. 15. de Mendoza / Spain's highest ranking official in New Spain
  11. 16. / A series of connected flat - roof buildings
Down
  1. 2. / The capital of the Aztec Empire
  2. 3. Alvarez de Pineda / The first European to explore and map the Texas coast
  3. 5. / Was called the "Island of Misfortune"
  4. 7. / An official who represents the monarch
  5. 8. Marcos de Niza / The head of an advance party to check on Cabeza de Vaca's stories
  6. 10. / Legendary god of the Aztecs
  7. 14. Juan de Onate / Founded the first European settlement in the upper Rio Grande