Across
- 3. the type of government revolving around the free market, allowing people to risk their resources (capital) in an effort to gain wealth
- 4. people of both a european and indian heritage
- 5. complex civilizations such as the Aztecs
- 6. a large scale farm for the mass production of one plant, often incorporating slave labor
- 8. conquistador leader who conquerred the aztecs
- 10. European rumor that the Spaniards only came to the new world to butcher the natives
- 13. thousands of pueblos attacked spanish and burnt churches and missions
- 15. spanish monk who fought for the rights of the natives
- 17. spansih queen who funded explorers
- 19. native empire located in Peru
- 20. large scale attack on the spanish by the aztecs
- 22. Conquistador General
Down
- 1. site of an ancient mississippian settlement
- 2. discovered the grand canyon and the colorado river
- 3. historic encounter between Christopher Columbus and natives of the western hemisphere
- 7. spain's claim on the new world
- 9. technique of planting bean, corn, and squash seeds in the same mound so that the plants may benefit each other and lead to a more bountiful harvest.
- 10. battle between the spaniards and the pueblos
- 11. spain's practice of enslaving natives of the purpose of conversion
- 12. native empire located in mexico
- 14. a ship designed for overseas exploration and travel.
- 16. first explorer to reach the new world
- 18. a zone undergirded by ancient rock, probably the first part of what became the american landmass to have emerged above sea level
- 21. spanish militants who conquered the new world