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