Peopling of the Americas

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Across
  1. 3. a disease that whipped out 60% of the Aztec
  2. 5. A Mayan temple used for the calendar
  3. 7. built the city tenochtitlan
  4. 9. the island in the Caribbean where Columbus first came ashore
  5. 10. the conquistador who conquered the Aztec
  6. 12. A priest who came to the Americas on one of Columbus journey
Down
  1. 1. A civilization famous for building large heads
  2. 2. a strip of land that separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea
  3. 4. The king of the Aztec when the Spanish arrived
  4. 6. A Taino rebel who made the Spanish negotiate a truce
  5. 8. The country that funded many early explorations to the Americas
  6. 11. a woman who translated for Cortez
  7. 13. the new leader of the Taino after her brother died