Across
- 3. Animals brought from Europe that changed travel and farming
- 5. Buying and selling of goods
- 6. The Aztecs had a large and rich empire
- 9. Deadly sickness that killed many Indigenous people
- 12. The first Americans were called native peoples
- 13. The Spanish conqueror who defeated the Aztecs
- 14. Many Indigenous people died from European diseases
Down
- 1. Explorer who came to the Americas in 1492
- 2. Spanish word for conqueror
- 4. Precious metal the Spanish wanted
- 7. Movement of plants, animals, and diseases between continents
- 8. Forced labor system used on plantations
- 9. Country that sent Columbus and the conquistadors
- 10. The empire located in Mexico before the Spanish arrived
- 11. Continent where most enslaved people were taken from