Conquest in the Americas

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  1. 4. He invaded the Aztec empire with a force of 600.
  2. 7. The Aztec emperor at the time of Cortes' invasion.
  3. 9. Spanish military leaders who set out to conquer lands for Spain.
  4. 10. The body's resistance to disease
  5. 12. Cortes made these partnerships with Indigenous groups in the Aztec empire.
  6. 13. He invaded the Inca empire in 1532.
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  1. 1. The capital of the Aztec empire.
  2. 2. The Inca emperor at the time of Pizarro's invasion.
  3. 3. The deadliest weapon brought by the Spanish.
  4. 5. The current site of Tenochtitlan.
  5. 6. Much Spanish gold and silver was sent to this group of islands in Asia controlled by the Spanish. (You know this!)
  6. 8. Spain gained a massive amount of these precious metals from their colonies in Mexico and Peru.
  7. 11. Cortes' slave/wife/interpreter. Also known as Dona Maria.
  8. 14. A war between people of the same nation or kingdom.