Colonial North America, 1492-1630

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Across
  1. 4. Exchange of goods, plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
  2. 6. Spanish monarchs who funded Columbus’s voyages
  3. 7. Indigenous people of the Caribbean who encountered Columbus
  4. 8. Italian city, birthplace of Christopher Columbus
  5. 11. Luther's 1517 document challenging the Catholic Church
  6. 13. Explorer who sailed across the Atlantic in 1492
  7. 14. Last emperor of the Aztecs, killed during the Spanish conquest
  8. 17. The name of the Aztecs, their own term for themselves
  9. 19. Venetian explorer whose travels to Asia were recorded in "The Travels"
  10. 20. Spanish explorers who conquered large parts of the Americas
  11. 21. Island in the Caribbean where Columbus first landed
Down
  1. 1. German monk who initiated the Protestant Reformation
  2. 2. Spanish explorer who crossed the Isthmus of Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
  3. 3. French theologian who played a key role in Protestantism
  4. 5. Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
  5. 9. English sea captain who circumnavigated the globe and defeated the Spanish Armada
  6. 10. First European city-state to become a powerful trade hub, home to Columbus
  7. 12. Disease brought by Europeans that devastated Native American populations
  8. 15. Major 16th-century movement that led to the creation of Protestant churches (12 letters)
  9. 16. The year Columbus "discovered" the Americas
  10. 18. Pre-Columbian city in Illinois, known for its large earthen mounds