Christopher Columbus and the Taino People

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Across
  1. 2. The first state to declare Columbus Day a national holiday
  2. 3. Columbus landed in these islands
  3. 4. Columbus actually never set foot in this landmark
  4. 5. People whom Columbus called when he met the Taino People
  5. 6. This was invented in 1608
  6. 8. Columbus's given name
  7. 11. "People of the keys"
  8. 12. What the Spanish explorers were interested
  9. 15. The king and queen told Columbus to treat the Native people well and try to convert them to ___
  10. 17. These are the people who lived in the islands of the Caribbean Sea
  11. 22. Taino dances with long narrative songs
  12. 23. Ruler
Down
  1. 1. Spanish currency at Columbus' time
  2. 2. Columbus thought that this island was larger than England
  3. 7. This was not part of the plan during Columbus's voyage
  4. 8. The Taino had plenty of this material to make clothing
  5. 9. Root crop that the Taino people would grow
  6. 10. Maria Columbus was captain of this ship
  7. 13. One of the risks of Columbus's expedition
  8. 14. Means "painted one"
  9. 16. What Marco Polo called Japan
  10. 18. World Europe's referred to as
  11. 19. The Spanish described the Taino as ___
  12. 20. In 1542, Spain enacted the New Laws, meant to abolish ___ of Native People of the Americas
  13. 21. World America's referred to as