Across
- 4. language taught to Indians in encomienda
- 5. arrived in Peru in 1531
- 7. study of the universe
- 8. religion
- 9. what Columbus called the Indians he encountered
- 11. Saint Savior
- 12. widespread outbreak of contagious disease
- 15. welcomed by Montezuma
- 17. conquerors
Down
- 1. connected Europe to China
- 2. one of the most powerful nations at the time of Columbus Voyage
- 3. received by an encomendero
- 6. interested in buying goods they could not get in Europe
- 8. Economic
- 9. bringing great wealth to nations
- 10. where Columbus thought he arrived
- 13. leader of the Aztec Empire
- 14. Political
- 16. Mayan princess
- 17. religion that Columbus promised to convert the people to
- 18. who punished and killed Indians