Early Americas Vocabulary List 1

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Across
  1. 2. A term used to describe both the Native American communities of the
  2. 6. Portuguese explorer best known for planning and leading the 1519–1522 Spanish expedition that went around the world.
  3. 8. Spanish explorer who explored East Coast of S.America and conquered the Incas.
  4. 10. Spanish explorer who discovered Florida.
  5. 12. A historical and cultural region extending from central Mexico through Central America.
  6. 14. The last Aztec emperor of Tenochtitlan who the Aztecs against Cortes.
  7. 16. Explorer who charted South America and confirmed that it was a new part of the world.
  8. 17. Payment made by conquered people to the Aztecs.
  9. 18. The Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Down
  1. 1. A land bridge that connected Asia and North America during the Ice Age
  2. 3. The era in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in
  3. 4. Major Mesoamerican civilization known for its fully developed writing.pendent
  4. 5. The earliest Mesoamerican major civilization and "mother culture" of the region.
  5. 7. A powerful Mesoamerican empire based in central Mexico.Incas The largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
  6. 9. People, cultures, or species that are native to a specific geographical area.
  7. 11. An ancient Inca accounting device made of knotted, color-coded strings.
  8. 13. United States and their distinctive multi-story stone and adobe dwellings.
  9. 15. The most vital agricultural crop in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, ations.