Across
- 2. Payments demanded by rulers
- 5. A major resource the Spanish wanted
- 6. Taking control of land through force
- 7. Metal Protection worn by the Spanish soldiers
- 8. A large area ruled by one powerful group
- 10. Skilled fighters in the Aztec Empire
- 12. Disease that killed many Indigenous people during the conquest
- 14. The capital city of the Aztec Empire
- 15. The European country that sent the conquistadors
Down
- 1. A fight between opposing groups
- 3. Entering a land by force
- 4. Animals that gave the Spanish a big advantage
- 6. Settlements controlled by a distant country
- 9. A common weapon used by Spanish soldiers
- 11. When groups join together for support
- 13. The Aztec emperor when the Spanish reached Mexico
